
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado made three attempts in the past 24 hours to return to Venezuela from Panama via boat and Caribbean islands but was unable to complete the journey, according to a source with direct knowledge of her plans, as acting President Delcy Rodriguez met with US President Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly in New York.
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Maria Corina Machado is a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader who has been barred from holding public office. Her attempts to return to Venezuela come amid political unrest and international scrutiny of the Venezuelan government.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado tried three times in the past 24 hours to return home but was unable to complete the journey.
Machado sought to travel from Panama to Venezuela by different routes, according to a person with direct knowledge of her plans. The attempts came as acting President Delcy Rodriguez visited New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where she met with US President Donald Trump.
The efforts included plans to travel by boat and to fly to the Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao before continuing by sea, the person said. Colombia’s NTN24 first reported the attempts earlier Tuesday.
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Maria Corina Machado will make additional attempts to return to Venezuela in the coming days.
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Lin Guozhang, candidate for mayor of Yilan County from the Democratic Progressive Party, released the Yilan Golden Ten Year Industrial Development Plan, proposing three main axes: using artificial intelligence to assist the transformation of various industries, striving for industries from the two norths to enter Yilan, and developing a healthy living new economy. He also emphasized the use of Yilan's geographical advantages to create a drone town, which was supported by legislator Chen Junyu and representatives from industry and academia.

The Democratic Progressive Party held a public opinion response press conference this morning. Secretary-General Zhuang Ruixiong admitted that the personnel consent case of Supervisory Dean nominee Chen Yongxing and Vice Dean nominee Wang Rongzhang may be blocked by both blue and white. However, he emphasized that the operation of the Supervisory Yuan should be maintained before it is abolished, and called on the government and the opposition to vote rationally.

The latest poll released by the Taiwan Motivational Association shows that 63.4% of the people are dissatisfied with the performance of the Legislative Yuan. The main reason is that the opposition between the ruling and opposition parties seriously affects the operation of deliberations. Although 57.7% of the people do not support the Kuomintang's reduction of state funds for the Presidential Office, the policy of universal distribution of 10,000 yuan next year has gained a high degree of social consensus, with more than 75% of supporters of the ruling and opposition parties in favor. Defense expenditures exceeding 3% of GDP are also supported by nearly 70% of the people.

Kuomintang League Secretary-General Xu Yuzhen criticized Chen Yongxing, the nominee for the Supervisory Yuan, for asking Congress to exercise the right of consent wisely and rationally before obtaining the consent of the Legislative Yuan. He said that his attitude proved that he did not understand the meaning of the parliamentary consent right, and questioned his commitment to Taiwan independence and transcending party affiliation. He believed that the position of the Supervisory Yuan requires a high degree of neutrality and self-control, and that the Legislative Yuan is not a rubber stamp.

During the parliamentary question, Tainan City Councilor Chen Yizhen invited Mayor Huang Weizhe to lead "graduates or school councilors" to form a graduation tour group, requesting that they depart from Tainan Airport to visit cities with direct flights, and actively seek destinations such as Seoul and Busan in South Korea and Tokyo and Osaka in Japan to reduce citizens' need to fly to Taoyuan and Kaohsiung. Huang Weizhe said that the proposal was meaningful and said with a smile that MPs would be more free after the election. The Director of Tourism and Tourism stated that the city government will focus on expanding destinations in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. Vietjet Air will launch a direct flight from Tainan to Hanoi on October 25. Chen Yizhen also requested to resume the Tainan-Ho Chi Minh City route.

Wei Pingzheng, a candidate for Changhua County Mayor of the Kuomintang, pointed out that the judicial handling of the election bribery case has had a chilling effect on candidates across Taiwan, and some even rushed to take back the raffle prizes from the Mid-Autumn Festival barbecue event. He called on the Ministry of Justice to establish consistent standards as soon as possible to avoid superficial reports or unilateral investigations to maintain electoral fairness. In response to the detention of Changhua Speaker Xie Dianlin and his son, he believed that the detention involved political participation, and the prosecutors should present specific evidence instead of detaining people just because they were worried that the evidence would be destroyed. He also respected his mother Zheng Rufen's decision not to assist in the election.