— The Venezuelan regime did everything to prevent me from coming to Oslo, said the oppositionist. “Venezuela is an occupied country, we are asking the world to respond,” she said.
Will Maria Corina Machado return to Venezuela after the celebrations?
What award did Maria Machado receive?
Is Maria Machado coordinating with the US government?
What did Machado say about the Venezuelan regime?
When asked about the oil tankers detained by the US, Machado said that “the Venezuelan regime uses state resources to repress people.” – These brutal criminals must be stopped, stopping the flow of money is crucial – she emphasized.
When asked if she was coordinating with the U.S. government, Machado denied it. “We are in no way involved in decisions regarding the national security of other countries,” she said.
— We have ready plans to take power from day one (after overthrowing Maduro — ed.) — said Machado.
Maria Corina Machado in Oslo
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado arrived in Oslo on the night from Wednesday to Thursday, where she was received by the Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament, the head of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and the Prime Minister of Norway. She announced that she would return to Venezuela immediately after the celebrations in Oslo.
The first official event with Machado's participation after the many-hour and complicated trip to Oslo was the traditional meeting with the speaker of the Stortinget (parliament), Masoud Gharahkhani.
— I am very grateful for such a warm welcome. I would like to thank my friends and people whose names I don't know, who risked their lives, for making it to Oslo. I assure you that I will return to Venezuela after receiving the award. I wouldn't leave my country without the certainty that I would be able to return to my compatriots, said the Nobel Prize winner at a meeting with journalists.
The Venezuelan will also meet with the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Stoere. Then he will visit the exhibition dedicated to her at the Peace Center. Alfred Nobel. It has not been revealed how long she will stay in Oslo or how she will return to her home country.
Maria Machado with the Nobel Peace Prize
Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2025 for her “tireless work on behalf of the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for fighting for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
The oppositionist won an overwhelming victory in the primaries of the democratic camp in Venezuela, but the authorities blocked her candidacy in the July 2024 presidential elections. Her party then supported another opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
After the elections, the regime announced that Nicolas Maduro had won, but the government's opponents presented voting records proving that Gonzalez had won. Protests broke out in the country, brutally suppressed by the government. An arrest warrant was issued for Gonzalez, who was granted political asylum in Spain.
