Nobel winner returns to Venezuela from exile, urging elections and criticising a controversial US oil deal with Caracas.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she returned to the country from exile this past week to mobilize society as she pushes for new elections next year.
Maria Corina Machado wants details about the oil export agreement with Washington
Machado, who was in exile for nearly a year, said the transition in Venezuela's government would be "irreversible, organised, pacific".
Politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela. She led the opposition to authoritarian leader Nicholas Maduro and fled Venezuela in 2025 after more than a year in hiding.This is Machado’s first time back in her country following the U.S. arrest of Maduro in January. We hear how her presence is putting pressure on the U.S.-backed Venezuelan regime to hold elections.And with this year’s ‘super El Nino’ expected to bring flash floods and landslides to Kenya, thousands of workers in Nairobi have been preparing. A youth employment group called the Green Army is clearing drainage systems and waterways to try and prevent flooding this winter. But there are tradeoffs to this large-scale cleanup effort.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
Politics & Governance
Venezuela. Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that she is ready to sit down and talk with the country's interim president after returning ...
Education & Youth
Machado returns with Trump's blessing, even if Washington is happy with Venezuela's existing leader - at least for the time being.
Education & Youth
Maria Corina Machado’s return to Venezuela not only challenges Washington’s vision for the country’s transition, it also puts pressure on acting President Delcy Rodríguez by heightening tensions within her ruling party, which until this Sunday appeared to be weathering the aftershocks of Nicolás Maduro’s capture without major upheaval.
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After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned home to a political landscape that has been reshaped by her ally the United States without her involvement.
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The Venezuelan opposition leader spent more than 10 months in exile after escaping the country on a speedboat.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's return puts her back at the centre of the country's notoriously stormy politics.
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Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez wrote on X, confirming Machado's arrival and saying he would be next to her "very soon."