The Nobel laureate’s homecoming follows national protests demanding free elections. Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has successfully returned to the country after more than 10 months in exile. Machado announced her arrival on social media on Sunday, writing, “I am here. With you.” The current opposition leader, Edmundo Gonzalez, confirmed the news, writing on X that “our leader, my dear Maria Corina, is on Venezuelan soil”.