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Nobel Cancels Machado Briefing as Uncertainty Grows Over Oslo Appearance

Her travel poses legal risks after Venezuelan prosecutors warned she would be treated as a fugitive.

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.