Venezuela's most famous opposition leader is home. Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado announced on Sunday night, October 25, 2026, that she had returned to Venezuela after more than 10 months abroad — a comeback that instantly reshapes the country's fragile political transition.

File photo: María Corina Machado heading a protest march. The opposition leader spent nearly a year in hiding and exile before Sunday's return. Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.