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Venezuela Closes Oslo Embassy After Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize

The move signals Caracas’s displeasure with international recognition of the opposition leader, severing a line to a longtime mediator.

Days after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian officials are looking into possible espionage into the breach of the Venezuelan leader's win.
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Chairman of the Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, announces that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is the laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 in Oslo, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Rodrigo Freitas/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Overview

  • Venezuela ordered its embassies in Norway and Australia closed and announced new diplomatic representations in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.
  • Norway expressed regret over the closure and emphasized that the Norwegian Nobel Committee operates independently of the government.
  • Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democratic rights in Venezuela and dedicated the award to the Venezuelan people and to President Trump.
  • Nobel rules note nominations closed on January 31, limiting consideration of Trump’s later diplomatic efforts highlighted by his allies.
  • Norwegian officials are investigating unusual betting activity on the Peace Prize and probing whether a leak or espionage enabled advance wagers on Machado’s win.