Overview
- The Norwegian Nobel Institute scrapped María Corina Machado’s Tuesday press conference in Oslo after delays, saying it cannot provide information on when or how she might arrive.
- Institute spokesperson Erik Aasheim cited Machado’s own statements about the difficulty of traveling to Norway and said organizers still hope she can attend Wednesday’s award ceremony.
- From Oslo, her sister Clara Machado Parisca said the laureate is trying to get to the city, while noting the family has no details on any operation to move her from Venezuela.
- Machado has not appeared in public since January 9 and is described in reports as living in clandestinity following intensified repression around the 2024 presidential cycle.
- Regional leaders including Argentina’s Javier Milei, Panama’s José Raúl Mulino, Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa, and Paraguay’s Santiago Peña are in Oslo to support her, and exiled opposition figure Edmundo González Urrutia has also traveled for the ceremony.