The chief negotiator for Chavismo denies that the government is preventing the return of María Corina Machado

On Friday, September 25, Jorge Rodríguez, the chief negotiator for the ruling Venezuelan government in dialogues with an opposition faction, formally denied that state authorities are preventing the return of opposition leader María Corina Machado.

The official denial came in response to public denunciations alleging that the government was actively blocking Machado from coming back to the country. The provided snippets do not elaborate on the specific nature of the denunciations or Machado's current location.