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  "id": 16502923,
  "title": "Machado returns to Venezuela after 10 months of exile",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/machado-returns-to-venezuela-after-10-months-of-exile",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T17:41:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
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    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/international/6170833-machado-returns-venezuela/"
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  "summary": "Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado returned to her country on Sunday after nearly 10 months in exile. Machado announced her arrival on the social platform X, writing, \"I am here. With you.\" According to CBS News, her team confirmed the return, though she did not disclose her specific location or the method of her arrival. El Pais reports that Newsmax claims she entered through Colombia and planned a public appearance that same day.\n\nMachado had covertly left Venezuela in December 2025 with a private U.S. rescue team to receive her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. Euronews reports that her party made seven failed attempts to return over the previous three months from the United States, Panama, and Curaçao, being repeatedly blocked by Venezuelan authorities. The Venezuelan government considers Machado a fugitive, accusing her of calling for military intervention.\n\nMachado's senior adviser, David Smoalnsky, told CBS News that her return represents a major step toward a democratic transition and verifiable presidential elections. This return follows a period where U.S. forces seized longtime leader Nicolás Maduro and flew him to New York to face criminal charges. While Machado has praised President Trump for that operation, Euronews notes that Washington has allowed Maduro's deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, to serve as interim president.",
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "María Corina Machado regresa a Venezuela",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/maria-corina-machado-regresa-a-venezuela",
        "published": "2026-10-25T15:36:56.000Z"
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        "title": "Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile, as doubts over democracy deepen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/venezuelas-opposition-leader-machado-returns-after-months-in-exile-as-16499679",
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        "title": "Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado returns after months in exile",
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        "published": "2026-10-25T16:18:41.000Z"
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        "title": "Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile, as doubts over democracy deepen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/venezuelas-opposition-leader-machado-returns-after-months-in-exile-as-16499260",
        "published": "2026-10-25T16:19:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/venezuelas-opposition-leader-machado-returns-after-months-in-exile",
        "published": "2026-10-25T16:38:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "María Corina Machado back in Venezuela after nearly 10 months in exile",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/maria-corina-machado-back-in-venezuela-after-nearly-10-months-in-exile",
        "published": "2026-10-25T16:54:12.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to country",
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        "published": "2026-10-25T16:57:43.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/venezuelas-opposition-leader-machado-returns-after-months-in-exile-16503401",
        "published": "2026-10-25T16:58:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Opposition leader Machado returns to Venezuela after 10 months in exile",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/opposition-leader-machado-returns-to-venezuela-after-10-months-in",
        "published": "2026-10-25T17:10:11.000Z"
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  "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."
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