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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela, and the United States backs a 2027 election, Deutsche Welle reported. Machado says US President Donald Trump has opened the "floodgate to freedom" for Venezuela, according to the outlet. The return presents a challenge for Washington, because Trump has also backed interim President Delcy Rodriguez. The report did not give the date of Machado's return or any confirmed election date, and it framed the situation as a test of the US position between the two Venezuelan leaders.