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Machado returns to Venezuela – but when will democracy?
by ian bremmer

Machado returns to Venezuela – but when will democracy?

Ian Bremmer analyzes what the return of Venezuela's opposition leader will mean for its democracy.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters after travelling from Barquisimeto, where she made her first public appearance following her return to the country after nearly a year abroad, in Caracas, Venezuela, October 25, 2026.
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After ten months in exile, Maria Corina Machado is back in Venezuela.

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Machado was last in her home country in December 2025, when a US private security team smuggled her out to accept her Nobel Prize in Norway.

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US-backed negotiations are opening a possible path to democratic elections in Venezuela – even as the country’s most popular opposition leader remains outside the room.

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A demonstrator reacts when Molotov cocktails hit the ground in front of security forces during protests against election results after Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. ​
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Venezuelans take to the streets after Maduro claims victory

Thousands of Venezuelans descended on downtown Caracas Monday to protest strongman President Nicolás Maduro’s claimed victory in Sunday’s elections. Independent exit polls suggested that opposition candidate Edmundo González defeated Maduro — an authoritarian who has overseen economic decline in the oil-rich nation — by a sizable margin.