Venezuela's María Corina Machado accuses the government of blocking her return after the earthquake
“They want to block my return to Venezuela,” Machado said in a video posted on social media, in which she said she was in Panama. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in exile since late 2025, said she intended to travel to her country to support the quake's victims and accused the authorities of “mobilizing the state apparatus” to stop her, including, she said, the cancellation of commercial flights. “This is not about me; we are thousands who want to be together in a country in mourning,” she said.
- ▪“They want to block my return to Venezuela,” Machado said in a video posted on social media, in which she said she was in Panama.
- ▪The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in exile since late 2025, said she intended to travel to her country to support the quake's victims and accused the authorities of “mobilizing the state apparatus” to stop her, including, she said, the cancel
- ▪“This is not about me; we are thousands who want to be together in a country in mourning,” she said.
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Venezuela's María Corina Machado accuses the government of blocking her return after the earthquake Tuesday, June 30th 2026 - 07:41 UTC Full article 0 comments (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Machado left Venezuela in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and has repeatedly called for the support of US President Donald Trump to achieve a change of government Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Monday accused the government of acting President Delcy Rodríguez of closing the country's airspace to prevent her return, as Venezuela copes with the emergency caused by the June 24 twin earthquake, which has left more than 1,700 dead and some 5,000 injured.
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