Venezuelans rally to demand opposition leader’s safe return and presidential elections
- On Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, supporters of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado rallied across Venezuela to demand her safe return and presidential elections. Hundreds of activists in sky blue shirts drove through Caracas, honking horns and waving flags.
- Exiled for nine months, Machado remains a Nobel Peace Prize laureate after leaving Venezuela last year. Although a U.S. military operation removed President Nicolás Maduro in January, she has been unable to return home since then.
- Her party reported that Machado made three unsuccessful return attempts on Monday night, facing a canceled boat charter and denied landing permits for a flight to Curacao. In total, she has made seven unsuccessful attempts this year.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated earlier this month that Machado has "every right to enter her country whenever she wants to return." Venezuelan authorities deny accusations they are blocking her return, though U.S. officials have cited safety concerns.
- Anthony Romero, a leader for Vente Venezuela, expressed hope that the transition process leads to presidential elections, stating this would consolidate a democratic country that remains a "main ally of the United States.
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By Gonzalo Zegarra and Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español Activist Claudia Macero, one of the closest collaborators of opposition leader María Corina Machado, said this Monday in Venezuela that she saw with “optimism” the transition process but that she had to “continue to press for what is missing.”
In her first political act in Caracas, Vente Venezuela's press chief, Claudia Macero, also called for an end to the obstacles to the return of the opposition leader.She is the second member of the asyle group in the Argentine diplomatic headquarters that returns to the country, after the return of Omar González.
He left the country in 2025, after being held at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas. Machado, meanwhile, has tried to return seven times. The post Claudia Macero, press chief of María Corina Machado, returned to Venezuela appeared first on La Silla Vacia.
Followers of the opposition leader demonstrated in various cities and demanded transparent elections
Macro is the second of a group of five opponents close to Machado who left the country last May.
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