Machado left Venezuela in December after spending a year in hiding and is currently using a special diplomatic travel document issued by Panama on humanitarian grounds because Caracas refuses to renew her passport. The failed attempts occurred this week as interim President Delcy Rodriguez met with US President Donald Trump during the UN General Assembly in New York.
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Maria Corina Machado Blocked in 7th Attempt to Return to Venezuela
Geopolitics28 days ago
The Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner tried three separate times in a 24 hour period to travel from Panama to her home country without success. These efforts, which included a sea voyage cancelled due to engine failure and denied flight clearances through Aruba and Curacao, mark the seventh total attempt to return since June. Some reports, including an account from the Wall Street Journal, claim the Trump administration has been blocking her return, despite a July State Department statement affirming her right to return as a citizen.
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