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Venezuelan opposition leader Machado fails in return attempts as Rodriguez meets Trump: Report

Her team said air and sea attempts were blocked as the Trump administration deepened ties with Venezuela's interim government, which controls more than 65 billion barrels of oil.

  • On Tuesday, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado made three unsuccessful attempts to return to Venezuela via air and sea, according to her team. The failed bids mark the latest in an ongoing struggle to end her exile.
  • Since clandestinely leaving Venezuela nine months ago, Machado has faced seven failed return efforts, adviser Pedro Urruchurtu confirmed via social media. She has remained in Panama while navigating logistical and security barriers.
  • Simultaneously, interim President Delcy Rodriguez met President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday to discuss cooperation in energy, mining, and security. The meeting marked their first face-to-face encounter since Maduro's removal.
  • Machado remains Venezuela's most popular political figure with a 53 per cent positive image, though daughter Ana Corina Sosa acknowledged returning is 'not as simple as boarding a plane.' Many forces complicate the process.
  • Bloomberg reports Machado's potential return could complicate Rodriguez's government, which has already welcomed other exiled allies back. Her re-entry remains constrained by the U.S.-backed political transition framework.
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The opposition leader has tried to return at least three times this week. Meanwhile, Rodriguez held a “historic” meeting with Trump. The post Delcy met Trump and Maria Corina was unable to enter Venezuela appeared first on La Silla Empty.

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By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Venezuelan politics left two postcards this Tuesday showing the drastic reconfiguration of the chavismo panorama and the opposition since the capture of Nicolás Maduro. President-in-Charge, Delcy Rodríguez, posed smilingly with U.S. President Donald Trump, whom she praised and thanked, while the leader

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Maria Corina Machado tried unsuccessfully to return to Venezuela on three occasions, but logistical and apparently political obstacles prevented her

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Maria Corina Machado's return to Venezuela from exile in Panama was again prevented today, confirmed her political party

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EFE broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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