This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, arrived in Oslo but was unable to attend the awards ceremony.
Just before the award ceremony, the 58-year-old, who has been living in hiding since last year’s disputed presidential election, sent a voice message saying she was “safe” and on her way to the Norwegian capital, but would not make it to the ceremony in time.
Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, who accepted the award on her behalf dedicated the prize to all Venezuelans. Speaking of Machado, Sosa said: “She wants to live in a free Venezuela, and she will never give up on that purpose.”
The Nobel Institute awarded Machado the prize for “her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy” in Venezuela.
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