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Machado to Miss Nobel Ceremony; Daughter Accepts Prize
Machado’s daughter accepted the prize amid security risks preventing Machado from attending; the Nobel Committee cited her fight for democracy under threat from Venezuela's government.
- The Nobel Institute confirmed María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall on Wednesday, 10 December.
- Facing a travel ban and official warnings, María Corina Machado was last seen publicly on January 9 after a brief detention, and Venezuela's attorney general Tarek William Saab warned she would be considered a fugitive if she left.
- Ana Corina Sosa Machado accepted the medal and gave the lecture her mother wrote; the Nobel Institute said Machado 'has done everything' to come and confirmed she is safe.
- The award framed Venezuela's struggle as an international concern, highlighting mass exile and institutional collapse, with an estimated eight million Venezuelans having left and Oslo's ceremony featuring an empty chair and Latin American heads of state including Argentina's Javier Milei.
- The Nobel citation noted Machado's past year in hiding and her inspirational role for millions, while critics highlight her ties to Donald Trump and warn prolonged exile could erode her influence.
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The solemn Nobel Prize ceremony has just missed the Venezuelan opposition female. Only hours later she reaches the Norwegian capital. In her home country she is now threatened with arrest.
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By Anabella González, CNN en Español. Ana Corina Sosa's face circled the globe this Wednesday when she took the stage in Oslo, Norway, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of her mother, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who has been in hiding for 16 months. “While I wait for the moment to embrace her, I think of the other sons and daughters who cannot see their mothers today. This is what drives her. What drives us all. Sh…
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