Uruguay

Montevideo, October 26, 2026. The Uruguayan press is covering María Corina Machado's return to Venezuela on Sunday, October 25, after more than ten months in exile, as an episode first reported by her own channels. "Estoy aquí. Con ustedes" ("I am here. With you"), the Nobel Peace Prize laureate wrote on X, according to Subrayado and El Observador. The Vente Venezuela party released a video of the leader at the Divina Pastora sanctuary in Barquisimeto; Montevideo Portal places her at a mass in Santa Rosa, in the state of Lara.

El Observador recalls that she had left the country in December to go to Norway, after the US military intervention that overthrew Nicolás Maduro, who was transferred to New York to be tried for narcotrafficking. Machado claims to have tried to return seven times; all her trips were allegedly blocked at the last minute by "supposed pressures" from the administration of Delcy Rodríguez, interim president. Subrayado specifies that she is 60 years old and that these seven attempts come from sources within her party.

Edmundo González Urrutia, exiled in Madrid since September 2024, hailed a "día muy importante para los venezolanos" ("a very important day for Venezuelans"): "Nuestra voz soberana retorna con ella para liderar y encaminar este proceso" ("Our sovereign voice returns with her to lead and guide this process"). He promised to be "very soon" by her side. La diaria, whose article is partially reserved for subscribers, reiterates these same statements and recalls that he was the candidate of the Unitary Democratic Platform in the 2024 presidential election. Subrayado adds that he claims victory in the July 28, 2024, election.

The American aspect occupies a notable place. Questioned in Washington, Donald Trump stated: "She's a very pleasant woman. She gave me her Nobel Prize, what can I say?" before adding: "We're doing very well in Venezuela." El Observador notes that Washington did not want this return, as it prefers a slow pace, in three phases: stabilization, recovery, and then transition.

In the provided texts, the question of the date of a presidential election is not developed; attention focuses on the image of the return and on Washington's line, which Montevideo reads as the one that sets the tempo of the Venezuelan transition.