Arya News - The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado of Venezuela, is expected to travel to Oslo despite threats from her country`s authoritarian leadership, but will not attend the award ceremony, the Nobel Institute announced on Wednesday. No details were given on the expected timing of her arrival.
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado of Venezuela, is expected to travel to Oslo despite threats from her country"s authoritarian leadership, but will not attend the award ceremony, the Nobel Institute announced on Wednesday.
No details were given on the expected timing of her arrival.
Earlier, the institute confirmed that the Venezuelan opposition leader would not attend the award ceremony, but that Machado"s daughter would accept the prize on her behalf and give a speech written by her mother.
A staunch opponent of Venezuela"s authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro, Machado was awarded this year"s Nobel Peace Prize in October for her commitment to the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people, to whom she dedicated her award.
There had been uncertainty for weeks about Machado"s participation in the ceremony on Wednesday due to her situation in Venezuela, where she lives in hiding.
"I have been accused of every conceivable crime, including terrorism," Machado said in an interview with NRK last week. "The regime has made itself very clear. Maduro has said that they will kill me if they catch me."