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Machado Absent From Nobel Peace Ceremony as Daughter Accepts Prize in Oslo

The Nobel Committee used the ceremony to urge Nicolás Maduro to accept the 2024 results, calling for his resignation.

A picture of 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is displayed inside the Oslo City Hall, Norway December 10, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Javier Milei, al llegar a Noruega para la ceremonia de premiación a María Corina Machado.
Ana Sosa recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz de su madre María Corina Machado.
La distinción reconoce la lucha del movimiento democrático venezolano; el galardón fue entregado en una ceremonia encabezada por los reyes de Noruega.

Overview

  • Ana Corina Sosa received the medal and diploma on behalf of María Corina Machado and delivered her prepared acceptance speech.
  • The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Machado is safe and traveling to Norway, and an audio message from the laureate said she is on her way but missed the ceremony.
  • In the speech, Machado accused the Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity and described mass detentions, disappearances and torture after the 2024 election.
  • Nobel Committee president Jørgen Watne Frydnes publicly called on Maduro to accept the election outcome and step down, drawing an ovation in Oslo City Hall.
  • The ceremony drew Machado’s close family and several Latin American presidents, after a planned press conference was canceled due to travel complications.