Overview
- Norwegian Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken said Machado is not in Norway and will not appear on stage at Oslo City Hall.
- Ana Corina Sosa Machado will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother’s behalf when the ceremony begins at 1 p.m. local time.
- A planned Oslo press conference was first postponed and then canceled as organizers said Machado’s whereabouts were unknown.
- Machado has lived in hiding since August 2024 under a long-standing travel ban, and Venezuela’s attorney general has said she would be considered a fugitive if she left the country.
- Machado dedicated the prize in part to U.S. President Donald Trump; the event unfolds with heavy security and attendance by several Latin American leaders, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa.