US EditionWig, Fake Identity and a Night Escape, How Peace Prize Winner Maria Machado Fled Venezuela
Machado fled repression after the 2024 disputed vote and is expected to speak in Oslo; nearly nine million Venezuelans have left amid the ongoing crisis, Nobel Committee said.
- On December 10, María Corina Machado is travelling to Oslo after a covert exit that prevented her from attending the December 10 ceremony, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said she was en route but would not arrive in time.
- Repression by Nicolás Maduro's government led Machado to hide for more than a year as arrests of Venezuela's opposition figures intensified and human-rights groups reported raids and surveillance.
- Using an irregular maritime route, Machado left the coastal fishing village on Tuesday, December 9, aboard a wooden fishing skiff and reached Curaçao before flying on a private plane, with her journey involving disguises, helpers, and navigating through approximately 10 checkpoints.
- Ana Corina Sosa Machado accepted the Nobel at Oslo City Hall and read prepared remarks on her mother's behalf, while Norwegian officials expect Machado to speak publicly on December 11 if her arrival proceeds.
- Her Nobel is likely to sharpen international tensions and complicate Maduro's diplomatic efforts while highlighting nearly nine million Venezuelans who have fled in the past decade.
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Nobel Peace laureate's harrowing escape from Venezuela
Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Corina Machado on Friday vowed to continue her political pursuit to create democracy in Venezuela. This week she braved an arduous journey to accept the peace prize in Oslo, Norway. Nick Schifrin speaks now with the man who helped her escape a Venezuelan government that's been hunting her for a year-and-a-half.
The fact that Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado makes it to Norway on the day of the award ceremony is a surprise. One of her helpers now mentions details of her "awesome" escape from Venezuela. In spite of everything, the 58-year-old wants to return there.
The opposition leader of Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado, had to dig up to leave her hiding place in a suburban of capital Caracas and to cross through 10 points of military control in order to try to escape from the country and reach Norway, where she was to attend the Nobel Peace Prize.
Venezuelan opposition woman María Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize winner, arrived early Thursday morning in Oslo, in her first public appearance in almost a year after leaving Venezuela clandestinely. Few details leaked from the trip in which, she said, "so many people risked their lives" so that she could leave her country.This is what is known about her departure from Venezuela and her possible intention to return. – Uncertainty until the en…
Wig, fake identity and a night escape, how peace prize winner Maria Machado fled Venezuela
Smuggled out of hiding in Caracas and across the Caribbean Sea in a fishing vessel to a waiting plane, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate finally got to Oslo and emerged to greet cheering supporters from a hotel balcony early on Thursday.
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