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María Corina Machado Emerges in Oslo After Covert Sea Escape Led by Private U.S. Team

She arrived after a 16-hour Grey Bull rescue led by veteran Bryan Stern.

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.