Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns, calls for elections

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Caracas after nearly a year in exile and called for elections next year. She said her return was organized by her team, not any government, and described Venezuela's transition as "irreversible, organised, pacific." She thanked Donald Trump but marked distance from Washington, while also saying Trump opened the "floodgate to freedom" for Venezuela. Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez signaled that pressure for a democratic transition is felt.