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Maria Corina Machado defied a decade-long travel ban and more than a year in hiding to accept her Nobel Peace Prize amid Venezuela's political crackdown.
- Maria Corina Machado surfaced in Oslo after more than a year in hiding, climbing barriers outside the Grand Hotel to hug well-wishers after missing the award ceremony.
- Maria Corina Machado left Venezuela in defiance of a decade-long travel ban after hiding more than a year and being barred from the 2024 presidential race.
- On Tuesday, Machado left Venezuela by boat to Curaçao, then flew to Norway on a private plane, with her security staff managing the escape; her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado accepted the Nobel and delivered her speech.
- Supporters said Machado's appearance reassured the Venezuelan diaspora and kept pressure on Caracas as crowds waved flags and sang from the Grand Hotel, Oslo balcony.
- Her Nobel prize and escape have highlighted ties between Machado and hawks close to Donald Trump, while the Trump administration ordered more than 20 military strikes in recent months, condemned by human rights groups.
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says Maduro’s Exit Inevitable
Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado said on Dec. 12 that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would leave power, whether through a negotiated handover or otherwise, stressing that her priority was to achieve a peaceful transition. Machado, one of Venezuela’s most prominent opposition figures, made the remarks in Oslo after defying a travel ban imposed by the Maduro government and arriving in Norway on Dec. 10, hours after a Nobel Inst…
OSLO.– Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado spoke on Friday about her journey to Oslo and said Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro would leave power, whether through a negotiated transition or not, and added that her goal is to make the transition peaceful.The Venezuelan opposition leader arrived in the Norwegian capital early on Thursday, challenging a decade-long travel ban imposed by the Chavista regime, after spending more than a y…
By Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español. The first night wasn't easy, as she hadn't rested due to her excitement at being in Oslo and reuniting with her family and friends after months in hiding. But the sleepless night didn't seem to take its toll on María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, who appeared without a trace of fatigue when she spoke to the media on Thursday.
Nobel peace prize winner Maria Corina Machado emerges from hiding hours after ceremony
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado appeared in Oslo, climbing barriers outside her hotel to hug well-wishers after the Venezuelan opposition figure failed to reach the Norwegian capital in time to receive her award at a ceremony held hours earlier.
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.
The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado did not make it to Norway in time for yesterday's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo – but now she has appeared again in public for the first time in eleven months. At the same time, she explained that she definitely wanted to return to her home country.
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