(The Guardian) Venezuelan opposition leader arrives in Norway for Nobel peace prize
María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace prize winner, has arrived in Norway, defying a decade-long travel ban, Reuters reports.
Her arrival came hours after a ceremony to award her the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee confirmed her arrival to Reuters. She has been banned by Maduro’s government from leaving Venezuela since 2014.
In her speech for the ceremony, which was delivered by her daughter in her absence, Machado said she vowed to continue her struggle to free the country from years of “obscene corruption”, “brutal dictatorship” and “despair”.
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María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace prize winner, has arrived in Norway, defying a decade-long travel ban, Reuters reports.
Her arrival came hours after a ceremony to award her the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee confirmed her arrival to Reuters. She has been banned by Maduro’s government from leaving Venezuela since 2014.
In her speech for the ceremony, which was delivered by her daughter in her absence, Machado said she vowed to continue her struggle to free the country from years of “obscene corruption”, “brutal dictatorship” and “despair”.
Venezuela's Machado defies travel ban, arrives in Oslo to claim Nobel Peace Prize
After more than a year mostly spent in hiding and in defiance of a decade-long travel ban, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrived in Norway on Thursday, hours after a ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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