Overview
- Norway’s Aftenposten, citing unnamed sources, reported that María Corina Machado sustained a serious spinal injury while fleeing Venezuela for the Nobel events.
- Jiji Press relayed that rough seas on a small boat left part of her spine fractured and that the injury was identified after she reached an Oslo university hospital.
- She reportedly left a Caracas-area safe house on December 8 and boarded a wooden boat from a fishing village across the Caribbean toward Curaçao before reaching Oslo.
- The 58-year-old opposition figure had been operating in hiding under pressure from President Nicolás Maduro’s government, communicating largely online.
- Outlets report she will stay in Norway as doctors determine treatment, with details based on journalistic sources rather than official medical confirmation.