The leader of the Venezuelan opposition Maria Corina Machado He went out this Thursday on the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo after his arrival in the Norwegian capital to receive the Nobel Peace Prizegreeted her supporters at dawn, visibly tired but smiling, and sang her country’s anthem with her hand on her chest.
What was his first public appearance since January This year, Machado then left the hotel door to approach the dozens of Venezuelans gathered outside to receive her.
Between cell phones filming her and shouts of “Long live life!”, Machado approached the fences erected by the Norwegian police for security reasons, albeit several times He would climb on it to get closer to his supporters, shake their hands, blow them kisses and even hug them..
He repeatedly repeated the gesture of thanks with his hands, both on the balcony and later at street level, although he did not make even a brief speech, which he plans to do, initially, in a manner press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Størescheduled for 10:15 a.m., according to the Nobel Peace Prize website.
The exit to Machado’s balcony was a surprisesince a few minutes before the president of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, had declared that there would be no more meeting with her, because the former deputy wanted reunite with your family immediatelywhom he hasn’t seen for two years. However, his team clarified a few minutes later that he would eventually come out to the balcony to say hello.
Machado landed at Gardermoen airport around 9:58 p.m. GMT after a long journey from Venezuela, where he lives in hiding. His arrival in Oslo was marked by uncertainty. Last weekend, he assured the Nobel Institute that he would be in Oslo for the Nobel Prize ceremony on Wednesday, although on the eve of the solemn ceremony he was unable to participate in the traditional press conference of the laureates as planned and also did not arrive in time at the town hall of the Norwegian capital to receive the prize.
On the same Wednesday, however, he assured in a telephone conversation from an unknown location with Frydnes that I was already “on my way” to Oslo and that upon his arrival, he will be able to embrace his entire family “and so many Venezuelans and Norwegians that I know and who share our struggle and our efforts.”
Her daughter Ana Corina Sosa, who delivered the Nobel Peace Prize speech on Wednesday on behalf of her mother, her two children, her sister and her mother, Corina Parisca, were already waiting for her in Oslo.
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