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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the Trump administration told Venezuela's interim authorities "weeks and weeks ago" that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado should be allowed to return as the country moves ahead with preparing for elections next year.

Venezuela and the US are setting up a path toward elections in the South American country that would be triggered by declaring a vacancy in the office, which technically has been empty since American forces captured Nicolás Maduro in January.

In the return of exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado, citizens see new hope for the future and for democratic freedoms.

Venezuela’s government urged opposition leader María Corina Machado to change tack and make a positive contribution to the oil-rich South American country’s political process and economic recovery.

María Corina Machado is back in Venezuela as demands for a democratic election continue. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.

El regreso de Machado podría alterar el equilibrio de poder entre el gobierno y la oposición mientras avanzan las negociaciones de transición respaldadas por EE.UU.

The Nobel laureate returned to Caracas as Venezuelans demand elections while she remained sidelined from negotiations over the country’s democratic transition.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado arrived in Caracas Sunday night, capping a daylong journey through five states that drew crowds of supporters and raised expectations for a return to democracy.

The Venezuelan opposition leader returned home from exile to a country firmly under American control. How are her relations with Washington?

Exiled Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela for the first time since December and is testing the U.S.-backed government.

Maria Corina Machado, the opposition leader in Venezuela, returned to the country after nearly 11 months of exile.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to the South American country for the first time in nearly a year Sunday.

Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez wrote on X, confirming Machado's arrival and saying he would be next to her "very soon."

Machado covertly snuck out of the South American country in December with a private U.S. rescue team to accept the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

María Corina Machado's return to Venezuela could reshape opposition dynamics as Edmundo González vows to join her and push for democratic elections.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday after being in exile for 10 months. "Estoy aquí. Con ustedes," she wrote on the social platform X, which translates to "I am here. With you." Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, left the country under the protection of a U.S. rescue team...

After nearly 10 months in exile, Ms. Machado, the Nobel laureate and leader of Venezuela’s opposition, returned to challenge leaders who have sidelined her and press for new elections.

Nobel peace prize winner’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has announced she has returned to Venezuela almost a year after she left the country to receive the Nobel peace prize. “I’m here. With you,” she wrote on X on Sunday lunchtime. Continue reading...

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, returning from exile at a time when doubts about the country's democratic future - and the role of the U.S. - are growing.

It was her first appearance since the U.S. military deposed the country's then-President Nicolás Maduro, replacing him with an interim president who has exceeded the time she was authorized to serve, with no election scheduled.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela on Sunday for the first time since December, about a month before the U.S. military deposed the country’s then-President Nicolás Maduro. Machado announced her arrival on social media, writing “I am here. With you.” Meanwhile, Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez […]

Machado announced her arrival on social media, writing "I am here. With you."

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, about a month before the U.S. military deposed the country's then-President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Caracas in a surprise move that could pose the biggest test yet to acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s political opening and the Trump administration’s strategy for post-Maduro Venezuela.

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado has secretly returned to Venezuela from neighboring Colombia and is expected to make a public appearance Sunday, a source close to Machado told Newsmax exclusively.