US EditionNobel laureate Machado arrives in Oslo, hours after award ceremony
Maria Corina Machado defied a decade-long travel ban and escaped Venezuela to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy and human rights.
- On Thursday, Maria Corina Machado arrived in Oslo in the middle of the night, the Nobel committee chair confirmed, and made her first public appearance in 11 months early Thursday at the Grand Hotel, Oslo.
- In defiance of a decade-long travel ban, Maria Corina Machado secretly left Venezuela by boat on Tuesday to Curaçao, then flew privately to Norway, her security staff said.
- At the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Ana Corina Sosa Machado accepted the prize for her mother and delivered a speech urging Venezuelans to fight for freedom, while the Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Machado's leadership for democracy.
- Supporters and onlookers reacted with excitement as Venezuelans inside and outside Venezuela celebrated Machado's recognition, while regional leaders including Argentine President Javier Milei and Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa attended Wednesday in solidarity.
- The award positions Maria Corina Machado as a symbol of decades-long opposition struggle, recognising her fight against repression after being barred from last year's election and hiding following the July 28, 2024 vote.
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Venezuelan opposition leader says US helped her travel to Norway to accept Nobel Prize
By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said US government “support” helped her travel to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, hours after the US seized an oil tanker in a dramatic escalation of pressure against the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro. Machado, who has been in hiding following Venezuela’s disputed election last year, left on a fishing boat, according to the Wall Street Journal, after …
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado was finally able to appear in public in Oslo, after being smuggled out of Venezuela to escape the regime. –
Venezuela’s Machado defies arrest warrant to receive Nobel
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado snuck out of the country and travelled to Oslo to celebrate her recent Nobel Peace Prize win, defying an arrest warrant by Caracas, which has pursued her for years. Machado — who has been in hiding for months — reportedly evaded 10 military checkpoints en route to the Venezuelan coast, where she boarded a wooden fishing boat to Curaçao. Ahead of her voyage, she alerted US authorities in order to …
María Corina Machado's appearance came just hours after her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.
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