Overview
- Her scheduled news conference at the Nobel Institute on Tuesday was first postponed and then canceled because she did not appear, and her whereabouts remain unknown.
- The award ceremony is set for Wednesday at Oslo City Hall, and Nobel officials say she has indicated she would attend, while noting family members can accept the prize if she is absent.
- The Nobel Committee president said her arrival was “more or less” confirmed earlier Tuesday, yet the Institute’s director later acknowledged he did not know her timing or travel details.
- Several relatives and Latin American leaders, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and Panama’s José Raúl Mulino, are in Oslo as security around the Grand Hotel and venues is stepped up.
- Machado, honored on October 10 for efforts toward a democratic transition in Venezuela, has lived in hiding since August 2024 as prosecutors accuse her of conspiracy, incitement to hatred and terrorism and warn she would be deemed a fugitive if she leaves the country.