“It is expected to arrive sometime between tonight and tomorrow morning.” This is the latest announcement Kristian Berg Harpvikenthe director of the Nobel Institute, on the trip of the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machadowho was expected to receive the award in the Norwegian capital Nobel Peace Prize 2025.
An earlier statement said Nobel Institute assured that the anti-Chavista leader would travel there Oslohowever, without providing any specific data. The organization has pointed this out Machado “He has done everything possible to attend the ceremony,” although he will not be present, stressing that his trip involves “a situation of extreme danger.” Despite her absence from today’s events, the institute stated that the winner was doing well and reiterated that she would be present Oslo.
Previously, the director of the Nobel Institute, Kristian Berg Harpvikenhe told national public television NRKThe Machado “Unfortunately he is not in Norway yet and will not be on the Oslo City Hall stage at 1:00 p.m. (12:00 GMT) today when the ceremony begins.” Harpviken explained that she will be the daughter of the Venezuelan leader. Ana Corina Sosawho accepts the award on his behalf and reads the acceptance speech.
The presence of Machado in Norway was uncertain after a postponement and subsequent suspension of the government’s planned press conference Nobel Institute The evening before, the same organization had previously pointed out that the Machado In interviews, he expressed how complicated the trip to Oslo would be and emphasized that at this point it was not possible to give any further details about “when and how he will arrive for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.”
As confirmed days ago, the opponent intended to travel to the Norwegian capital to accept the award in person. This would be her first public appearance since last January.
In an interview with the Colombian radio station in Oslo Blu radio, Clara Machado Pariscathe laureate’s sister, said that the Nobel laureate’s intention was “to be here with us,” adding that her family was waiting for her “in the hope that she will arrive very soon.” His mother is also in town, Corina Pariscahis sister and his daughter, Ana Corina Sosaaccompanied by her two brothers to the ceremony.
It is not the first time that an award winner has done so Nobel Peace Prize does not personally attend the handover ceremony. At the ceremony in 2010 there was only one photo of Liu Xiaobo – then locked up – in the chair intended for the winner, while the Norwegian actress Liv Ullman He read the acceptance speech. In 2022 the Belarusian Ales Bialiatski was represented by his wife Natallia Pinchukand in 2023 the Iranian Narges Mohammadi She was represented by her children.
Also in Oslo are several prominent figures from the Venezuelan opposition who were invited by the laureate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiaformer presidential candidate and in exile in Spain since September 2024, as well as the presidents of Panama, José Raúl Mulino; Argentina, Javier Milei; Paraguay, Santiago Pena And Ecuador, Daniel Noboa. The four Latin American leaders will attend an audience with the king Harald V of Norway after the ceremony and will have individual meetings with the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Store.
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