Overview
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee first said María Corina Machado was safe and en route, then confirmed she arrived in Norway hours after the award ceremony.
- Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, accepted the medal and delivered prepared remarks, as the committee chair described her attempted trip as a journey in “extreme danger.”
- A planned press conference was canceled over uncertainty about Machado’s whereabouts, reflecting more than a year in hiding and a long-standing travel ban as Venezuela’s attorney general warns she would be deemed a fugitive.
- Presidents Javier Milei, Daniel Noboa, José Raúl Mulino and Santiago Peña attended in support, and exiled opposition candidate Edmundo González was also present.
- Machado’s travel poses unresolved questions about any return to Venezuela under threat of arrest, while the prize intensifies focus on documented repression and the opposition’s claim that the 2024 election was stolen.