Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado vows to bring award back to Venezuela


Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado reacts on her way to visit the Storting, in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025. NTB/Stian Lysberg Solum via REUTERS

OSLO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said she planned to take her award back to Venezuela, but declined to say on Thursday when she would return to her home country after leaving in great secrecy to receive the honour.

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado arrived in Oslo in the early hours of Thursday, failing to reach the Norwegian capital in time for the prize ceremony held hours earlier.

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