Overview
- The Norwegian Nobel Institute said María Corina Machado was not in Norway when the event began and confirmed her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, received the award and delivered prepared remarks.
- A planned pre‑ceremony press conference was first postponed then canceled as officials and family declined to disclose Machado’s location.
- Nobel officials stated she had “done everything in her power” to travel and released an audio message in which Machado said she was on her way to Oslo.
- Machado has lived in hiding since August 2024 after being barred from the 2024 election, and Venezuela’s attorney general has warned she would be treated as a fugitive if she traveled abroad.
- Heads of state from Latin America, exiled opposition figure Edmundo González Urrutia, and large numbers of Venezuelans in Oslo attended to signal support for Venezuela’s pro‑democracy movement.