Santa RosaMachado re-enters Venezuela after 10 months, route undisclosed.
Talks between the interim government and a rival opposition faction exclude her movement.
The US seized Nicolás Maduro in January and backed his deputy Delcy Rodríguez, who signed an oil deal with Washington.
President Donald Trump said he knew nothing of her return and that “we’re doing really well in Venezuela.”
Adviser David Smolansky says she will press for an election date.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 400+ reports worldwide
- The Hill leans favorable
- marks Machado's return against her 'blocked three times in 24 hours' September history and her role in certifying the 2024 results
- BBC
- frames the return within the post-Maduro order, noting Delcy Rodríguez's interim presidency and the oil deal signed with Washington
- The Jerusalem Post
- reports that the return has strained Machado's ties with Washington, with Trump saying he knew nothing of it and backing Rodríguez
- TRT World
- ties the return to Machado's pledge to help survivors of June's twin earthquakes, which killed at least 6,500, and to the energy-firm deals signed under Rodríguez and Chris Wright
Sources: The Hill, BBC, The Jerusalem Post, TRT World