Overview
- Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10 after the institute warned the laureate was on a dangerous journey, and Machado arrived in Oslo overnight to greet supporters.
- At press events in the Norwegian capital, she acknowledged receiving assistance from the U.S. government to leave Venezuela and thanked people who, she said, risked their lives to help.
- Machado said she intends to return to Venezuela but declined to disclose when or how she would do so.
- Venezuela’s prosecutor has said she would be deemed a fugitive and faces accusations including conspiracy, incitement to hatred and terrorism, and experts warn she risks arrest on return and potential political costs if she remains abroad.
- Flight records and media reports trace her escape by sea to Curaçao and then by private Embraer Legacy 600 jet, with a technical stop in Bangor, Maine, before landing in Oslo.