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María Corina Machado

What's on María Corina Machado's mind?

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still coming home 26% US backing frays 22% · newambition vs crisis 16% return as relief 10% · neweverything else 26%
#1
Still Coming Home, One Step at a Time

She recast the return as a promise advancing step by step — not a date, a direction.

Machado vowed to run for the Venezuelan presidency again and pledged to return from exile before the end of 2026, despite current US resistance to her near-term return

The Australian · 2026-07-03
our translation

she can't name a date so she names a trajectory — 'step by step' keeps the promise alive while the runway home stays shut. the return has to stay her whole identity or the movement deflates.

restated the return as a step-by-step promisevery sure · 3 sources
#2
Washington Wobbles: a Rogue Aide, a Cooling Base
new — State Department official reportedly went roguepretty sure · 3 sources
#3
Critics Say Rescue First, Comeback Later
fresh op-eds keep hammering the ambition chargepretty sure · 4 sources
#4
Wrapping the Comeback in Relief Work
new — quake fallout keeps turning politicalpretty sure · 3 sources
thursday, july 9
Drop another 'step by step' update so the homecoming promise keeps a daily pulse.(safe bet)
Answer the 'ambition over rescue' op-eds by re-centering the trip on earthquake aid.(reported)
Work Washington backchannels after a State Dept official reportedly went rogue.(reported)
Watch the prediction markets now handicapping her return timeline.(reported)

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

The source

Drop another 'step by step' update so the homecoming promise keeps a daily pulse.

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