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María Corina Machado

What's on María Corina Machado's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
29%24%18%13%16%
return grounded by DC 29% conceding DC calls the shot 24% still running, still coming home 18% grotesque, says an official 13% everything else 16%
#1
The White House Turns Her Jet Around

She booked the flight home; Washington un-booked it mid-air.

Machado's return from exile to Venezuela was thwarted by the White House, which declined to support her efforts to re-enter the country following devastating earthquakes

The Telegraph · 2026-07-03
our translation

she needed the story to be a triumphant homecoming. instead the plane got waved off, and now she has to explain why the people she calls allies are the ones holding the door shut.

jet physically turned backvery sure · 5 sources
#2
She Admits Washington Sets the Clock
conceding Washington sets the timingvery sure · 4 sources
#3
Vows to Run Again and Be Home by New Year
self-set year-end deadlinepretty sure · 2 sources
#4
A Trump Official Calls It Grotesque
senior official went personalpretty sure · 3 sources
monday, july 6
Draft a statement thanking the Nobel committee without mentioning the grounded plane(safe bet)
Quietly ask a Washington contact when, exactly, the timing becomes right(reported)
Recheck which airspace or transit route is still open from Panama(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Draft a statement thanking the Nobel committee without mentioning the grounded plane

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