Maria Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado has returned to the country. According to media reports, she appeared in the state of Lara, in the central-western part of Venezuela, where she was at a church. Machado wrote on social media: "I am here. With you." 1TV+2

According to 1tv, Machado secretly left Venezuela at the end of 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and had not returned to the country since then. 1tv also notes that Machado's desire to return caused disagreement in Washington and U.S. officials asked her to postpone the trip. 1TV

According to information from 1tv, on January 16, 2026, Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump at a meeting held at the White House. According to the same source, the interim president of Venezuela is Delcy Rodriguez. 1TV