US EditionNobel Laureate Machado Injured as She Fled Venezuela, Spokesperson Says
Maria Corina Machado fractured a vertebra during a perilous sea escape from Venezuela to Oslo, delaying her Nobel Peace Prize ceremony attendance.
- On Dec 15, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado fractured a vertebra amid rough weather while fleeing Venezuela by boat to reach Oslo, Norway.
- Defying a decade-long travel ban after more than a year in hiding, Maria Corina Machado traveled to Norway aiming for a peaceful transition and accuses President Nicolas Maduro of stealing Venezuela's July 2024 election.
- Escape organisers say the route involved leaving Venezuela by boat to Curacao, then taking a private plane via the United States to Oslo, with a 13-hour sea journey where Bryan Stern met her.
- Because she missed Wednesday's ceremony, Norwegian doctors at Oslo University Hospital examined Machado, who shortly after arrival climbed a barrier to greet supporters outside her hotel.
- Machado's team confirmed AFP and Reuters reporting, and she told AFP on Friday she feared for her life during the journey, while Caracas says it would consider her a fugitive.
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At the risk of being declared a fugitive, the Venezuelan opponent went to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Machado has fractured vertebra en route to Oslo, Norwegian media
Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been diagnosed with a fractured vertebra following her high-stakes escape to Oslo, according to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten.
The brand-new Nobel Prize winner, María Corina Machado, arrived late for the delivery ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. But the agitated history of her transatlantic journey from Venezuela to Norway – on SUV, two boats, boat and private plane – has served as an excellent promotion for Grey Bull, the ex-military rescue company based in Tampa, Florida.Continue reading...
The leader of the Venezuelan and laureate Nobel Prize for Peace, María Corina Machado, suffered a vertebral fracture during her secret journey from Venezuela to Norway last week, confirmed his spokesman. Machado earlier stated that he feared for his life during his dangerous journey to get his prize in Oslo, writes The Guardian.
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