María Corina Machado attends Mass at Divina Pastora Shrine

María Corina Machado attended Sunday Mass at the Divina Pastora Shrine in Barquisimeto on October 25, 2026. This visit marked her first public appearance in Venezuela following nearly a year in exile.

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient participated in the Sunday Eucharist before departing in a caravan toward Caracas.

Machado had lived in hiding since the July 2024 presidential elections and later spent months in exile after traveling to Oslo, Norway, to receive her Nobel Prize. Her return follows the January 2026 arrest of Nicolás Maduro in the United States.