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Machado Leaves Oslo for Specialist Care After Fractured Vertebra Diagnosis

Her team says the Nobel laureate is attending medical appointments in Norway following injuries sustained during a high‑risk escape from Venezuela.

Overview

  • Her press team confirmed she is no longer in the city of Oslo and is seeing a specialist as she recovers from a vertebral fracture.
  • The fracture was diagnosed after an evaluation in Oslo, with her aides saying she will follow medical guidance and extend her stay in Norway.
  • Reporting reconstructs a clandestine extraction that included roughly five hours at sea in rough weather and a subsequent flight that departed from Curaçao, with details corroborated by Grey Bull Rescue and flight‑tracking data.
  • Machado missed the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony; her daughter accepted the award, and Machado addressed supporters in Oslo the following day.
  • President Nicolás Maduro publicly mocked the reported injury on his television program, intensifying the political backlash to her account of the escape.