Caracas, Oct 26, 2026 (AFP) - Machado returns from exile to jubilant crowds in Venezuela

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Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, made a surprise return home on Sunday after nearly a year in exile, drawing jubilant crowds in a direct challenge to the US-backed interim government. Thousands of people lined highways, toll plazas and city streets waving Venezuelan flags and chanting "Liberty!" as Machado entered Caracas in a convoy of cars and motorbikes. Wearing her trademark white T-shirt and......

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