Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Eyes Return to Country Despite Failed Attempt: Report
Machado’s return could test Delcy Rodríguez as the earthquake death toll rises above 1,400 and more than 55,000 people remain unaccounted for.
- Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado is planning a return to the country, aiming to reshape the political landscape as President Delcy Rodríguez struggles to manage the nation's worst natural disaster in decades.
- Two earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck on June 24, killing more than 1,400 people and injuring more than 3,000, while the opposition's humanitarian network indicates more than 55,000 people remain unaccounted for.
- Rodríguez faces mounting pressure as her disapproval rating climbed to 59 per cent in May, and opposition leaders accused authorities on June 26 of blocking relief efforts in Caracas and Cumana.
- Facing this crisis, Rodríguez has pursued an unusually pragmatic foreign policy, welcoming aid from governments once viewed as adversaries, including Chile, Ecuador, Israel, and Italy.
- Although Machado has vowed to return since Nicolas Maduro's capture in January, State Marco Rubio has urged patience, warning that returning too soon could stoke instability. Machado told supporters, "very, very soon, we will embrace one another in Venezuela.
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Venezuela’s Machado says she will return to Venezuela to help quake victims - Regional Media News
June 29 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that she is "willing to do whatever it takes" to enter Venezuela to help with the country's recovery efforts following last week's back-to-back earthquakes. Machado, currently in Panama, accused the Venezuelan government of blocking her attempt to return to the country, and in a video posted on X said she "will be in Venezuela to help coordinate and encourage ci…
Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado has been promising her return to the country for months, from which she left clandestinely in December to receive a Nobel Prize in Norway, which she then servilely handed to Donald Trump in the White House. The catastrophic double earthquake that affected Venezuela last week, where more than 1,400 people have died among the rubble, increased her urgency to return. Indeed, according to U.S. media, Machado …
The opposition leader announces that "very soon" she will be next to her people after a failed attempt to return through Curaçao. More information: The despair of the families of La Guaira, 100 hours after the earthquakes: "The military and police only look for their own"
As Venezuela mourns quake victims, Machado says 'time has come' to return
Even as rescue crews dig through rubble in Venezuela and thousands search for missing loved ones, another question is beginning to loom over the country’s uncertain future: whether opposition leader María Corina Machado is finally coming home. ...
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