Turns out she has been on the Venezuelan political scene for quite some time.
October 10, 2025, María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize for ‘promoting democratic rights’. The Nobel committee congratulated her and praised her “tireless work” for democracy in Venezuela. Ironically, on April 11, 2002, Machado signed away democratic institutions in an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government, and twenty-three years later, she is the flagbearer of Western democracy.
Pretty short article, worth a read.
you “heard”?
Before you click on this link, understand that it is a hugely biased website with a stated “anti-imperialist” agenda:
https://orinocotribune.com/poll-majority-in-venezuela-do-not-approve-of-right-wing-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado/
I’ve seen other stories on Lemmy about how most Venezuelans do not like her pro-Trump stance, but this is the first link I found in a search. All other stories are a day or two old talking about how Trump is excluding her from power, so I’m having a hard time finding more. This could very well be a bullshit poll from a clearly biased source, but this might be where people are “hearing” that she is not popular.