Overview
- The Nobel Peace Prize laureate appeared publicly in Oslo days after missing the Dec. 10 ceremony, which her daughter Ana Corina Sosa attended to accept the award on her behalf.
- Grey Bull Rescue Foundation and U.S. Special Forces veteran Bryan Stern described a dangerous 15–16 hour sea transit used to extract her from Venezuela.
- Machado said she plans to take the prize back to Venezuela at an unspecified time and acknowledged she could be arrested if she returns under the current government.
- Venezuelan officials claimed they were aware of her movements and have suggested she is a fugitive, a contention she disputes and for which no evidence has been produced.
- Using the Nobel platform, she urged governments to cut Maduro’s illicit funding streams and did not criticize heightened U.S. maritime pressure, including a reported tanker seizure near Venezuela this week.