Overview
- Arriving hours after the ceremony, she appeared at Oslo’s Grand Hotel as her daughter accepted the prize on her behalf.
- She met Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and visited parliament, saying she intends to return to Venezuela with the prize but offering no date.
- Venezuelan authorities have branded her a fugitive and accused her of crimes after barring her from the 2024 election and driving her into more than a year of hiding.
- Reported accounts detail a disguise, a 10‑hour drive past military checkpoints, a hazardous fishing‑boat crossing to Curaçao, and a private flight via Bangor, Maine, with U.S. awareness contested.
- Her reemergence coincides with heightened U.S.–Venezuela friction, including the U.S. seizure of a sanctioned tanker and recent strikes on suspected traffickers that Caracas denounces.