It was, as is her style, a homecoming(归乡，返校节) laden with(充满，满载) symbolism. On October 25th the first images to be released of María Corina Machado’s return to Venezuela showed the opposition leader surrounded by supporters next to the statue of the Divina Pastora(神圣牧羊女，委内瑞拉重要宗教形象). The shrine(神龛，圣地), in a church near the city of Barquisimeto, depicts the Virgin Mary as a shepherdess(牧羊女) guiding her flock.
这是一场充满象征意义的归乡之旅，一如既往地符合她的风格。10月25日，玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多返回委内瑞拉后首批发布的照片显示，这位反对派领袖在支持者的簇拥下，站在“神圣牧羊女”雕像旁。这座神龛位于巴基西梅托市附近的一座教堂内，描绘的是圣母玛利亚作为牧羊女引领羊群的景象。
Her return after a ten-month exile(流亡，放逐) took millions of Venezuelans—and possibly the country’s ruling regime—by surprise. For months the wildly popular(极受欢迎的) politician (pictured) had been promising to come back “soon” to Venezuela. She had been there (albeit in hiding) until December, when she left the country to collect the Nobel peace prize.(她此前一直在国内（尽管是藏匿状态），直到去年12月离国领取诺贝尔和平奖。) In recent months she had made several attempts to get back. On each occasion it seemed the regime foil(挫败，阻止)ed her plans. This time she crossed the land border from Colombia.
她结束十个月流亡后突然回归，令数百万委内瑞拉人——可能还有该国执政政权——措手不及。数月来，这位人气极高的政治家（见图）一直承诺“很快”回到委内瑞拉。她此前一直在国内（尽管是藏匿状态），直到去年12月离国领取诺贝尔和平奖。近几个月她多次尝试回国，但每次似乎都被政权挫败。这一次，她从哥伦比亚穿越陆路边境入境。
Her presence in Venezuela will complicate the unusual, cosy(亲密的，舒适的) relationship the administration of Donald Trump has formed with the disreputable(名声不佳的，不光彩的) regime of Delcy Rodríguez. Ms Rodríguez, who has quietly dropped the “interim” from her presidential title in recent weeks, has been running the country since January 3rd, when special forces captured her then boss, Nicolás Maduro, and took him to face drug-trafficking charges in New York.(罗德里格斯女士近几周悄然去掉了总统头衔中的“临时”二字，自1月3日以来一直掌管国家——当天特种部队抓获了她的时任上司尼古拉斯·马杜罗，并将其押往纽约面临贩毒指控。)
马查多现身委内瑞拉，将使唐纳德·特朗普政府与德尔西·罗德里格斯那名声不佳的政权之间形成的非同寻常的亲密关系变得复杂。罗德里格斯女士近几周悄然去掉了总统头衔中的“临时”二字，自1月3日以来一直掌管国家——当天特种部队抓获了她的时任上司尼古拉斯·马杜罗，并将其押往纽约面临贩毒指控。