Maria Corina MachadoOpposition leader of Venezuela and winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2025After more than a year in hiding, he made his first public appearance in Oslo this Wednesday.
The Venezuelan leader who went into hiding due to threats and persecution from the regime Nicolas MaduroShe went out onto the balcony of her room at the Grand Hotel Oslo, the traditional epicenter of post-Nobel Prize celebrations, to greet dozens of supporters waiting for her.
Just hours later, Machado sang the Venezuelan national anthem and thanked the gathered crowd for their support His daughter Ana Corina Sosa received the prestigious award on his behalf. In a video released after her first public appearance, she was seen smiling and shouting from the balcony: “Wait for me there. I’m coming.”
His re-emergence came in a context of international attention and expectation, after months of hiding underground for security reasons. The newcomer to Oslo also came down from the hotel balcony to greet everyone who had come to support her.
Between the opposition leader’s hugs and tears with Venezuelans and other citizens, photographers captured images that went around the world and will also go down in history.
Machado will be offering this Thursday a press conferenceas confirmed by the Norwegian government. The event marks his first open meeting with the media after months of hiding for security reasons and after arriving in Europe to accept the award.
Machado, who was unable to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in person due to delays in her departure from Venezuela, will speak to the press a day after her daughter represented her at the ceremony and accepted the award from her mother.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner who is internationally recognized for her fight against the Chavista regime Nicolas MaduroDue to threats against him, he remained without any public appearances for 11 months.
The performance marks the end of a long silence and it will be his first open intervention since the start of his trip to Norway. According to the Norwegian authorities The press conference is scheduled for 09:15 GMT. It will be Machado’s first opportunity to speak publicly since she was announced as a Nobel laureate and broke her secret protection.
This Wednesday, Machado’s daughter, Ana Corina Sosaaccepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on behalf of her mother, taking on the role of speaker and expressing to those present the deep emotional burden that representing her mother entails: “I have to say goodbye to her again because we have not achieved freedom, but I know that this is her duty and she has taken it on, at any cost… and you can be sure that she will return to the country and do everything to achieve it.”
Sosa emphasized in his speech that “Venezuelans know my mother better than anyone and they know that mom will never give up the fight for Venezuela.” At the same time, he emphasized María Corina Machado’s full commitment to the cause of democracy and the enormous influence that her figure has both on the family and on thousands of citizens who see her as a symbol of resistance.
“She gave her life for the country, for the Venezuelans, I know that as a daughter, I know the sacrifice, the determination and the love that she has for the country.“, he emphasized.
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