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Machado returns to Venezuela
Since 15:41 · Barquisimeto
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- Location
- Lara state, Venezuela
- Key figure
- María Corina Machado
- Arrival route
- Via Colombia
- Time in exile
- About 10 months
María Corina Machado appears publicly in Lara state, meeting supporters at a local church after entering Venezuela from Colombia.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says US-backed talks freed hundreds of political prisoners and facilitated Machado's return.
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Trump says he knew nothing about Machado's return and the US will keep backing interim President Delcy Rodríguez, LBC reports.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Machado's safe return is a direct result of US-backed reconciliation talks between the government and the opposition.
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Machado returned to Venezuela overland, El País reports, after at least seven failed attempts by air and sea over 10 months.
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US President Donald Trump says he hopes Machado is safe after her return to Venezuela, El Mundo reports.
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Venezuelan media show Machado at a public appearance in a church in Barquisimeto, Lara state, the Washington Post and Handelsblatt report.
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Machado's spokesman David Smolansky says her return is a step toward a democratic transition and presidential elections in the near future.
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Opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela, according to statements from Edmundo González and Machado herself.
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