00:00I am here with you. That was the message from opposition leader María Corina Machado.
00:04She shared this on Sunday through her X account. The tweet was subsequently retweeted.
00:08by Edmundo González, considered by the majority to be president-elect
00:12from Venezuela. Minutes later, Machado's platform, Comando con Venezuela, shared
00:17Images of the opposition leader arriving at a church in Lara state.
00:20Today is a very important day for Venezuelans; our sovereign voice returns with her to
00:24to lead and guide this process. I will be with you and her very soon so that our
00:28The country is truly moving towards freedom. You know it, this is until the end.
00:33González, currently in exile in Spain, indicated. Last September, Machado's team
00:37had reported that on eight occasions the opposition leader, who was staying in Panama,
00:41He had tried to return to his country but had been prevented from doing so in various ways.
00:45After months in hiding, Machado had left Venezuela in December 2025 by
00:50a secret maritime operation with US support to be able to travel to
00:54Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The opposition leader then visited several countries
00:58including the United States, where he awarded the Nobel Prize medal to Donald Trump.
01:02By choosing to negotiate with the Chavista leader, Delcy Rodríguez, Washington subsequently
01:06He left Machado out of the political transition process in Venezuela after the capture of Nicolás
01:11Maduro. Currently detained in New York, where he faces charges related to narcoterrorism.
01:15and torture. In June of this year it was learned that Machado had begun his journey towards
01:19Venezuela from the United States that same month, but an order from Washington would have forced it
01:24abort his mission. Officials in the Donald Trump administration reportedly asked him to give
01:28back when his private flight, which was going from Virginia to Curacao, was flying over Carolina from the
01:33North. Machado supposedly obeyed. In recent days, a rumor began to circulate that Maria
01:38Corina would return to join the demonstrations called in Venezuela to commemorate the three
01:42years after the October 2023 primary elections, which Machado won. Subsequently, the regime
01:47Maduro's actions prevented him from participating in the following year's elections, for which the opposition...
01:52He favored Edmundo González. It is not known exactly when or how Machado arrived in Venezuela.
01:57According to an ABC correspondent at the White House, the opposition leader's return was made possible thanks to
02:02a diplomatic operation involving several countries and which has included
02:06knowledge of the United States.
