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Machado says Venezuela is moving toward a 2027 presidential election
After returning to Venezuela from 10 months in exile, opposition leader María Corina Machado made her first public comments in Caracas.
She said the country is moving toward a presidential election in 2027, though interim President Delcy Rodríguez has not announced a date.
Machado won the opposition primary before the 2024 election, but authorities prevented her from running, so she backed Edmundo González instead.
Rodríguez said elections would be organized by a renewed electoral authority, and that the world would witness them.
Machado said she has had no contact with Rodríguez and that neither she nor her political platform is part of the talks on political change.
She said she would not obstruct those talks and wants political prisoners released and the repressive system dismantled.
María Corina Machado said Venezuela is moving toward a presidential election in 2027.
The opposition leader made the comments in her first public statements after returning to Venezuela following 10 months in exile.
Machado said her priority was dismantling the repressive system and releasing political prisoners.
Interim President Delcy Rodríguez said there will be elections but did not specify a date.
Machado denied having contact with Rodríguez and said she would not obstruct dialogue supported by the United States.
- Who
- Opposition leader María Corina Machado said Venezuela is moving toward an election. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez also said elections will take place.
- What
- Machado said the country is moving toward a presidential election in 2027.
- When
- Machado made the remarks on Thursday after returning on Sunday. The article was published on October 29, 2026.
- Where
- Caracas, Venezuela.
- Why
- Machado described the election as part of a democratic transition. The sources do not give a specific reason for the 2027 timing.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
U.S. forces captured former President Nicolás Maduro in a raid to face drug trafficking charges.
Machado returned to Venezuela after 10 months in exile.
Machado made her first public statements since returning and said the country was moving toward a 2027 presidential election.
Rodríguez said there will be elections but did not give a date.
- Election target
- Presidential election in 2027
- Machado's return
- Sunday, after 10 months in exile
- Machado's priority
- Dismantling the repressive system and releasing political prisoners
- Rodríguez's announcement
- Elections will take place; no date specified
- Machado's 2024 primary result
- More than 90% of the vote
What people are saying
the complete dismantling of the repressive system and the release of all our political prisoners
holding presidential elections in 2027
there will be elections
The election should not be a problem nor should it take us back to times of confrontation that no one wants anymore.