Maria Corina Machado said Marco Rubio had outlined a roadmap for Venezuela to hold presidential elections in 2027. Her return sharpens attention on political guarantees, prisoner releases and transparent investment agreements.

"We trust that the Venezuelan authorities and all political actors will seize this opportunity to advance an inclusive, Venezuelan-led dialogue towards free and fair elections," EU foreign affairs spokesman Anouar El Anouni said.

"We trust that the Venezuelan authorities and all political actors will seize this opportunity to advance an inclusive, Venezuelan-led dialogue towards free and fair elections," EU foreign affairs spokesman Anouar El Anouni said.

María Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate, said she is ready to meet the country's interim president after her surprise return from exile.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration told Venezuela’s interim authorities “weeks and weeks ago” that opposition leader María Corina Machado should be allowed to return.

The Nobel laureate returned to Caracas as Venezuelans demand elections while she remained sidelined from negotiations over the country’s democratic transition.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and popular Venezuelan political opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has returned from nearly a year in exile. She was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters in Caracas.

Machado took a private plane from Panama to Colombia and then crossed overland to Venezuela, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has said she returned to her home country after nearly a year in exile.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado announced on Sunday that she has returned to her homeland following almost a year in exile, after covertly leaving Venezuela in late 2025 to receive…