Summary
Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, will be in Oslo but will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to personally receive her award. Machado, who is praised for her support for democracy in Venezuela, will have her daughter accept the award on her behalf due to travel restrictions and past political challenges.
Key Facts
- Maria Corina Machado is a Venezuelan opposition leader.
- She will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in person in Oslo.
- Machado's daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, will accept the award for her.
- Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in Venezuela's opposition movement.
- She has a history of supporting US sanctions and military intervention in Venezuela.
- Venezuelan authorities have barred her from running for office due to her political stance.
- There is a travel ban on Machado, and she has been in hiding for over a year.
- Machado supports moving Venezuela's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
