US EditionMaría Corina Machado Arrives in Oslo After Nobel Ceremony
After more than a year in hiding, María Corina Machado began official engagements in Norway following her Nobel Peace Prize for advocating democratic change in Venezuela.
- On Thursday, María Corina Machado arrived in Oslo after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, where her daughter Ana Corina Sosa accepted the award on her behalf.
- Machado had been hidden for more than a year before leaving Venezuela by boat to Curaçao, crossing a dozen military checkpoints in disguise, then flying on a private plane that flew in from Miami.
- On the Grand Hotel balcony around 2:30 a.m., Machado greeted supporters, sang the Venezuelan national anthem, and a torchlight procession with a huge flag took place at the Norwegian parliament steps.
- She began official activities in the Storting and was due to meet parliamentarians and sign the visitors' book, with a joint press conference at 10:15 a.m. and another media meeting at 12:30 p.m.
- Machado told journalist Lucy Hockings she will return to Venezuela and credited those who risked their lives for her arrival, marking a symbolic milestone for millions of Venezuelans and the opposition.
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Maria Corina Machado reappeared publicly after more than a year in the dark.The Venezuelan opponent arrived in Oslo, Norway, to try to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in person, but also to meet her family.Machado lived an odyssey to get to the Nordic country.The expectation remained for hours before her possible arrival.And when she arrived in Oslo, she provoked controversy because she traveled on a Mexican aircraft.What do we know about the airc…
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Machado finally makes it to Oslo
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado finally made it to Oslo, albeit not in time to attend the ceremony where she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado taking her place.
Venezuela's opposition leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize María Corina Machado appeared in public in Oslo after months of clandestine activity. The pro-democracy activist came out on the balcony of the iconic Grand Hotel in Oslo just before 2.30 a.m., local time, after spending the last 11 months hidden in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. Tens of supporters punctuated slogans such as "Courageous!" and "Freedom!" in front of the hotel and…
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