Machado Won't Pick Up Peace Prize in Person, Nobel Director Says
Source: New York Times
Machado Won’t Pick Up Peace Prize in Person, Nobel Director Says
The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute told the state broadcaster that María Corina Machado would not attend Wednesday’s event in Oslo.
María Corina Machado in her office last year. She will not be traveling to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday. Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times
By Jin Yu Young
Dec. 10, 2025
Updated 4:25 a.m. ET
María Corina Machado, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, will not attend the Norwegian Nobel Institute’s award ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday, according to NRK, Norway’s national broadcaster.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, the head of the Nobel Institute, told the NRK that Ms. Machado was not in the Norwegian capital on Wednesday morning and would not be onstage at Oslo City Hall at 1 p.m., when the ceremony is set to begin.
It was unclear where Ms. Machado was on Wednesday morning. Norwegian officials had been expecting her arrival as recently as a few days ago. On Saturday, Mr. Harpviken said Ms. Machado had confirmed she would be in Oslo for the ceremony. ... Ms. Machado’s daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, will accept the award on her behalf, according to NRK.
Ms. Machado, the de facto opposition leader in Venezuela, has been in hiding since last year’s election, after Nicolás Maduro’s government threatened to arrest her on multiple occasions. She appeared in public for the first time at a protest in January after months of hiding.
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Jin Yu Young is a reporter and researcher for The Times, based in Seoul, covering South Korea and international breaking news.
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