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MADRID, December 9 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The press conference planned for this Tuesday by María Corina Machado, of the Nobel Institute in Oslo, on the eve of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, was postponed, without yet confirming the time of its celebration, after announcing that the opponent would travel from Venezuela to collect the prize.
The Nobel Institute in Oslo said the conference, scheduled for 12 p.m., “has been postponed.” “We will inform accredited media of the new time at least two hours in advance. We assume that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, will be present at the press conference,” he said.
At the moment, it is not known whether Machado has already arrived in Norway, which Venezuelan opponent Edmundo González did, as confirmed by sources close to the politician, a candidate in the last presidential elections in July 2024, after which he proclaimed himself president by not recognizing Nicolas Maduro’s victory and denouncing fraud.
“President Edmundo González Urrutia landed in Oslo at 2:10 p.m. today, December 9,” these sources told Europa Press. González is therefore expected to be present at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Machado, which will also be attended by the presidents of Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador and Panama.
For her part, Clara Machado, sister of the opponent, stressed in statements to the Colombian radio station Blu Radio that the Nobel Peace Prize winner is “trying to reach Oslo, which is her wish”, although she recognized that at present “we do not really know” when she will do so, citing security reasons for not giving details of her route.
“What I can tell you is precisely this, that his desire is to be here and that he is doing everything possible to get there,” he said, without confirming whether he has already left Venezuela. “I have faith and I hope he will be there,” he concluded.
The head of communications at the Nobel Institute, Erik Aasheim, indicated in statements to Europa Press on Saturday that it was Machado herself who announced that she would be present in Oslo to receive the prize despite the risk that the opponent would no longer be able to enter Venezuela.
On October 10, the Norwegian Committee rewarded the opposition with the Nobel Peace Prize for its “tireless efforts” to promote rights and freedoms in Venezuela and foster a “just and peaceful” transition from “dictatorship to democracy.” The jury determined that Machado, whom it defined as “a figure of unity in a previously divided political opposition,” was “forced to live in hiding” and remains in Venezuela, “a decision that inspired millions” of people.
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