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Nobel Press Conference Canceled as Questions Mount Over Machado’s Oslo Attendance

Venezuela’s attorney general says she would be a fugitive if she leaves the country.

Overview

  • The Norwegian Nobel Institute canceled Maria Corina Machado’s pre-ceremony press briefing and declined to provide any details on her potential arrival, spokesman Erik Aasheim said.
  • Machado’s sister said she is trying to reach Oslo to accept the Peace Prize, but there is no certainty about when she might get there.
  • Machado has been living clandestinely in Caracas, and her last reported public appearance was on January 9.
  • Presidents Javier Milei of Argentina and the leaders of Panama, Paraguay, and Ecuador are in Oslo as invited supporters.
  • Her campaign chief, Magalli Meda, said she will not remain in exile after the award ceremony, dismissing suggestions she would stay abroad.