{
  "id": 16500105,
  "title": "Venezuela: Oppositionelle Machado kehrt überraschend nach Venezuela zurück",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/venezuela-oppositionelle-machado-kehrt-uberraschend-nach-venezuela",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-25T16:36:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/venezuela-oppositionelle-machado-kehrt-ueberraschend-nach-venezuela-zurueck/100264806.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Düsseldorf, Salvador. Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado returned to her home country on Sunday, sharing the news on social media. She wrote on the X platform, \"I am here. With you.\" Shortly after, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia confirmed her arrival, stating, \"Today is an important day for Venezuelans.\" They also plan to return soon. Venezuelan media showed images of Machado giving a public performance in a church in the central city of Barquisimeto. She had tried to return to Venezuela at least seven times in the past months, using private planes, commercial flights, ships, and land routes. Flights were canceled at the last minute, boats sank, and other attempts failed without explanation. However, Machado, 59, managed to return to her homeland. She had left her hiding place in Venezuela in early December 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Prior to that, she had been hiding for a year and a half from the authoritarian regime's security forces. Afterwards, she mostly resided in the United States and Panama.",
  "summary": "Nach fast zehn Monaten im Exil ist Venezuelas wichtigste Oppositionspolitikerin wieder im Land. Sie fordert das Regime von Delcy Rodríguez damit heraus – aber auch US-Präsident Donald Trump.",
  "key_points": [
    "Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela.",
    "Nobel Peace Prize laureate shares news on X, saying \"I am here. With you.\"",
    "Former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia confirms her arrival."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MercoPress",
        "title": "María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela after ten months abroad and seven failed attempts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/maria-corina-machado-returns-to-venezuela-after-ten-months-abroad-and",
        "published": "2026-10-25T17:08:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}