Venezuelan Laureate Machado to Skip Nobel Ceremony in Oslo, Nobel Institute Says

Machado, the Venezuelan opposition figure and former presidential candidate, has not appeared in public for 11 months.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela Jan. 9, 2025. Gaby Oraa /Reuters

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute confirmed, as uncertainty persists about her whereabouts.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Nobel Institute, told Norwegian broadcaster NRK on Wednesday that Machado “will not be in time to attend today’s ceremony or other events.”