Overview
- Maria Corina Machado made her first public appearance in nearly a year on December 11 in Oslo, greeting supporters from the Grand Hotel balcony as they chanted for freedom and sang the Venezuelan anthem.
- She told reporters that opposing Nicolás Maduro is “very dangerous” in Venezuela and said “everyone who tells the truth risks their life.”
- Machado said she will do everything possible to return to Venezuela despite the risk of arrest on active charges that include conspiracy, incitement to hatred and terrorism.
- She missed the December 10 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, with her daughter accepting on her behalf as the Nobel Committee cited “a journey in extreme danger.”
- How she left Venezuela remains unclear, and the presidential election that extended Maduro’s rule is not recognized by the United States, the European Union and several Latin American governments.