"The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is safe and will be in Oslo after a journey in a situation of extreme danger, although she will not attend the Nobel peace prize ceremony this afternoon, organisers have said. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado displays vote tally sheets during a protest against the reelection of President Nicolas Maduro one month after the disputed 2024 presidential vote which she says the opposition won by a landslide."
"In a statement, the committee said: The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Corina Machado, has done everything in her power to come to the ceremony today. A journey in a situation of extreme danger. Although she will not be able to reach the ceremony and today's events, we are profoundly happy to confirm that she is safe and that she will be with us in Oslo."
Maria Corina Machado is safe and will be in Oslo after a journey described as a situation of extreme danger, but she will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Machado went into hiding in August and has been seen publicly only once since then. Venezuela's attorney general warned she would be considered a fugitive if she left the country to accept the award. Machado alleges Maduro stole Venezuela's July 2024 election and was banned from that vote, a claim supported by much of the international community. The Oslo events coincide with a US military buildup in the Caribbean and strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats. Maduro accuses the US of seeking to topple his government and seize oil reserves.
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