Venezuela opposition leader Machado weighs break with Trump amid failed return attempts

María Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, has failed seven attempts to return to the country, three this week, straining her relationship with the Trump administration. Unfulfilled promises of return are eroding her domestic credibility, and she is reportedly on the brink of breaking with Washington but has not yet done so. The development signals potential fragmentation in the anti-Maduro coalition and uncertainty over U.S.-Venezuela policy direction.