Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is unable to return home, with her team saying she tries to enter Venezuela but is blocked three times over a 24-hour period. Multiple outlets report that the attempts involve travel routes including air and sea. CBS News and The Hill cite advisers saying Machado is “turned away” on each attempt.
The reported efforts come while acting President Delcy Rodríguez travels to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where she meets with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to South China Morning Post and other coverage. South China Morning Post says Machado seeks to travel from Panama to Venezuela via different routes, with plans including boat travel and flights to nearby islands such as Aruba and Curaçao, though the journeys do not complete.
Other outlets add that Machado has now failed in multiple return attempts since leaving Venezuela clandestinely about nine months earlier, with one adviser saying the latest attempts are among several failures. Some reports also attribute specific issues—such as cancellations or failures of departures—to earlier stages of planned travel, while the exact circumstances of who prevented entry are not fully detailed across sources.
