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Nobel laureate Machado arrives in Oslo, hours after award ceremony

Maria Corina Machado secretly left Venezuela after over a year in hiding to accept the Nobel Peace Prize and continue advocating for democracy, arriving hours after the ceremony.

  • 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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According to the "Wall Street Journal", the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 came out of the country disguised and wearing a wig.

·Montreal, Canada
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In the midst of a secret journey, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado called for "fighting for freedom" in a speech read by her daughter who picked up the Nobel Peace Prize in her place this Wednesday in Oslo. In hiding since August 2024, the opponent managed to leave Venezuela, but she did not arrive in time to attend the award ceremony in the Norwegian capital, where she was represented by her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado. Ex…

·Washington, United States
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Oslo. Opposition María Corina Machado reported yesterday that she received help from the United States to leave Venezuela, where she had been in hiding since August 2024, in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize; in addition, she once again defended a war against the Bolivarian Republic.

·Mexico
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The anti-Maduro leader in Oslo, the embrace with her children: "Helped by the US to leave the country"

·Italy
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Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado fled from Venezuela to Oslo. What happened on the spectacular journey is now reported by one of her helpers.

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arcamax.com broke the news in on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
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