Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado returned to her country on Sunday, October 25, after nearly a year in exile, CBS News reported. She was seen at a church in Lara state, west of Caracas, and that night wrote: “Finally, Caracas, I'm here!”

Machado left Venezuela covertly in December with a private U.S. rescue team to collect her Nobel prize in Norway. In September, she was turned back three times in 24 hours as she tried to return by air and by sea.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the conditions for her return were “the direct result” of U.S.-backed reconciliation talks, CBS News and Le Nouvelliste reported. Asked about it, President Donald Trump said he knew nothing about it but called her “a very nice woman.”

Venezuela's government still considers Machado a fugitive and accuses her of calling for military intervention. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a Maduro ally, has stayed beyond the time she was authorized to serve after U.S. forces removed Nicolás Maduro, and no presidential election has been scheduled.