Overview
- The Norwegian Nobel Institute postponed and then cancelled Tuesday’s planned press conference, saying it could not provide details on when or how María Corina Machado might arrive.
- Officials have expressed hope she will collect the Peace Prize in person at Wednesday’s Oslo City Hall ceremony.
- Venezuela’s attorney general has said Machado would be deemed a fugitive if she travels, citing investigations for conspiracy, incitement of hatred and terrorism.
- Machado’s family and several Latin American leaders, including Argentina’s Javier Milei, are in Oslo as police maintain a heavy security presence around traditional Nobel venues.
- The laureate has faced criticism for publicly thanking President Donald Trump, while Venezuelan diaspora groups in Norway have taken over organizing symbolic public events linked to the prize.