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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has returned to the South American nation after nearly a year outside the country, she said on social media on Sunday. “I’m here. With you all,” the ‌Nobel Peace Prize-winning Machado wrote on social media early on Sunday. Machado’s press team shared images of her in central-western Lara state, in the Plaza del Pueblo de Santa Rosa, where Machado appeared at a church. The issue of her return has strained her relationship with the Trump...

Her return poses a challenge to the interim government led by President Delcy Rodríguez. The post Exiled Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela appeared first on Latin America Reports.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado announced on Sunday that she has returned to her homeland following almost a year in exile, after covertly leaving Venezuela in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She returns as doubts about her country’s democratic future and the role of the US are growing.

Odds that María Corina Machado is back in Venezuela by 31 December jumped to 99% on Polymarket after she announced her return on 25 October. The post Machado Back in Venezuela, Odds Hit 99% appeared first on The Rio Times.

Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Caracas, Venezuela — Protesters took to the streets in cities around Venezuela on October 22 to demand the government set a date for presidential elections. The protest comes amid ongoing negotiations between the government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez and the opposition, led by the 2015 National Assembly.  The largest gathering of opposition supporters took […] The post Venezuelans take to streets to demand a date for presidential elections appeared first on Latin America Reports.

A Chinese engineering company is on the cusp of partially restarting a massive Venezuelan power plant that’s been largely idle for years, a crucial step toward fixing the nation’s dilapidated grid.

Acting president Delcy Rodríguez says a Zulia field hit 115,000 barrels a day, with 120,000 targeted by December, as US and Venezuelan officials toured it. The post Venezuela Oil Field Hits 115,000 Barrels appeared first on The Rio Times.

Opposition supporters marched across Venezuela on 22 October demanding an election date, a day after US-backed talks closed without one. The post Venezuela Marchers Demand Election Date appeared first on The Rio Times.

A plain-English guide to Venezuela and the United States: the post-Maduro transition, sanctions relief, the New York case, migration rules and what comes next. The post What Is Going On Between Venezuela and the United States? appeared first on The Rio Times.

Venezuela security in October 2026: crime data, Tren de Aragua, the ELN, the police and army, no-go zones and what US travellers should know. The post Venezuela Security and Crime Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Venezuela holds the largest oil reserves on earth, plus gas, gold, water and forest. Who extracts them, who profits and what it costs, as of October 2026. The post Venezuela Natural Resources Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

A UN regional report projects Venezuela terms of trade up 23% in 2026 and exports up 17% to US$29.1 billion, driven by prices as volume falls 11%. The post Venezuela Terms of Trade to Jump 23% appeared first on The Rio Times.

The exiled Nobel laureate has petitioned for new elections in Venezuela and for the country to allow her return.

A dated guide to Venezuela history: colonial rule, independence, oil, democracy, Chávez, Maduro, mass emigration and the road to 2026. The post Venezuela History Explained, From Origins to 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

The World Bank could loan Venezuela as much as $5 billion over the next two years, as the country resumes relations with the Washington-based lender, a top official said.

Venezuela exports fertilizer to the US: Pequiven, the state petrochemical company, shipped 30,000 metric tons through a US trader, Washington said. The post Venezuela Exports Fertilizer to the US appeared first on The Rio Times.

Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new torture charges brought against them by US authorities, calling them “false allegations". The couple has been held in a New York jail since their capture in early January and is facing a new indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents and US citizens.

Former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York court that torture allegations in a rewritten drug-trafficking indictment against him and his wife were “false accusations”. Maduro, shackled at the ankles, was brought to court to face the new charges accusing the couple of leading a state-sponsored campaign of repression that tortured scores of victims, including three Americans. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein entered a “not guilty” plea on behalf of...