
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado is back in her home country of Venezuela. Whether there will be free elections now depends on the behavior of the USA – and the population.
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María Corina Machado was in exile and has now returned to Venezuela. The political situation is shaped by the relationship with the USA.
Machado has left exile. What is happening now in Trump's vassal state of Venezuela?
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado is back in her home country of Venezuela. Whether there will be free elections now depends on the behavior of the USA – and the population.
By Marian Blasberg, Rio de Janeiro

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