New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate, returned home on Sunday (local time) after more than 10 months in exile. She had secretly left the country last December to travel to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Her reappearance comes at a time when doubts regarding Caracas' democratic future and the role of the US are mounting.

Machado announced her arrival in a social media post and wrote, "I am here. With you." According to reports, she appeared at a church in western Lara state and was greeted by bystanders and supporters, who sang the national anthem.

Her appearance on 25 October (Sunday) was the first since the US military deposed the country's then-President Nicolas Madur...