EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned from exile to Lara on Sunday, challenging the interim leadership amid stalled democratic elections.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, returning from exile at a time when doubts about the country’s democratic future — and the role of the U.S. — are growing.
It was her first appearance since the U.S. military deposed the country’s then-President Nicolás Maduro, replacing him with an interim president who has exceeded the time she was authorized to serve, with no election scheduled.