Venezuelan opposition leader Machado fails in return attempts as Rodriguez meets Trump: Report
Machado’s team said seven return efforts have failed since she left Venezuela, while Washington deepens ties with Rodríguez’s government.
- On Tuesday, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado unsuccessfully attempted to return to Venezuela three times via air and sea routes, her team reported. These efforts within the past 24 hours mark her latest failed bid to re-enter the country.
- Adviser Pedro Urruchurtu confirmed these recent attempts were among seven failed efforts since Machado clandestinely left Venezuela nine months ago. She has remained in exile since late 2025, following a period in hiding after the disputed 2024 presidential election.
- Despite her physical absence, Machado remains Venezuela's most popular political figure with a 53 per cent positive image in recent surveys. Machado's daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, acknowledged the return process is not 'as simple as boarding a plane,' citing 'many forces' involved.
- Acting President Delcy Rodriguez met U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, coinciding with Machado's return attempts. The Trump administration has increasingly recognized Rodriguez's authority, easing sanctions and deepening economic ties with her government since former President Nicolas Maduro's removal.
- Machado's arrival remains a point of contention, even as Rodriguez's government has allowed some exiles to return. Her entry presents a new challenge for the administration as she seeks a role in the U.S.-backed political transition following Maduro's capture in January.
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María Corina Machado has tried to return unsuccessfully to Venezuela up to seven times, three of them during the day of September 21 from Panama, coinciding with Delcy Rodríguez's trip to the United States.«Attention: Maria Corina is prevented from returning to Venezuela. In the last few hours there have been three attempts, via ... Continue reading "Maria Corina Machado tries unsuccessfully to return to Venezuela up to seven times"
El Periódico
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado would have tried to return unsuccessfully to Venezuela on three occasions during the day of September 21, in all these cases from Panama, as denounced this Wednesday by Nobel Peace Prize international relations adviser Pedro Urruchurtu.Continue reading....
Le Journal de Montreal
Le Journal de QuebecThe opposition leader in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado, in exile in Panama, was prevented from returning to her country on Tuesday.
On the margins of the United Nations, the temporary President of Venezuela met face to face for the first time while opposition leader Maria Corina Machado remained trapped in her exile, outside the scene of the United States-backed transition talks.
Maria Corina Machado had left Venezuela illegally in December 2025 to receive the Nobel Prize in Oslo.
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