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Out of Hiding, Venezuela's Machado Vows to Return to End 'Tyranny'

Maria Corina Machado vowed to end Venezuela's 'tyranny' and thanked those who risked their lives to bring her to Oslo after nearly a year in hiding.

  • On Thursday, Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado surfaced in Oslo after nearly a year in hiding, vowing to return to Venezuela to end what she called the country's tyranny and take her prize 'at the correct moment.'
  • After months in hiding, Machado last appeared publicly on Wednesday in Caracas protesting Maduro, and she accused Maduro of stealing the July 2024 election, according to the Nobel Institute.
  • Climbing metal barriers, Machado moved into the crowd to embrace supporters at the Grand Hotel, thanking people who helped escort her to Oslo and expressing joy at reuniting with loved ones.
  • Facing personal and political risk, Machado has been criticised for ties to Donald Trump, and Venezuela says it could treat her as a fugitive if she left the country.
  • Amid a U.S. military build-up in the Caribbean, tensions with Caracas have risen as Maduro insists U.S. moves, including a reported tanker seizure, aim to topple his government and seize oil reserves.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was underground for months, told the BBC that she knows “exactly the risks” she takes when traveling to Norway to receive her Nobel Peace Prize.

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The Venezuelan opponent Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize winner, will do everything in her power to return to Venezuela where she intends to continue her fight against "tyranny", she said on Thursday in Oslo, after a journey surrounded by mystery for which people "have risked their lives".

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Nobel laureate María Corina Machado will do her best to return to Venezuela to end the "tyranny" in the country, she said as she stepped into the spotlight in Oslo this morning after nearly a year in hiding. Machado disappeared in January after challenging President Nicolás Maduro's rule. There was uncertainty about...

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Out of hiding, Venezuela's Machado vows to return to end 'tyranny'

Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado will do her best to return to Venezuela to end the "tyranny" in the country, she said Thursday as she seized the spotlight in Oslo after nearly a year in hiding.

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elperiodico.cat broke the news in on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
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