Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returned home on Sunday after nearly a year away, and after several failed attempts to return that strained her ties with US President Donald Trump’s administration.
“I’m here. With you all,” the Nobel Peace Prize-winner wrote on social media.
She appeared at a church in western Lara state, according to images shared by her press team, and was greeted by bystanders who sang the national anthem and shouted “liberty!” as she left in an SUV, a Reuters witness said. She will travel to Caracas by road, her team said.
Her efforts to return have tested her relationship with the Trump administration, which she has sought to cultivate as an ally since before it removed president Nicolas Maduro from power in January.