Overview
- The Nobel Peace Prize laureate surfaced in Norway after more than a year in hiding and missing the ceremony, then met Norway’s prime minister and greeted supporters in Oslo.
- She declined to say when she would go back, stating she intends to return and bring the prize to Venezuela at a time of her choosing.
- Accounts widely attributed to the Wall Street Journal describe a three‑day extraction using a wig and disguise, ten checkpoints, a fishing‑skiff crossing to Curaçao, and a private jet that refueled in Bangor, Maine.
- Machado said she received support from the U.S. government but provided no details, while officials have denied direct military coordination in the operation.
- Her arrival coincided with a U.S. seizure of a sanctioned Venezuelan oil tanker, which Washington linked to illicit networks and Caracas condemned as piracy, underscoring escalating tensions.