Posted on 11/21/2025 11:29:43 AM PST by DFG
Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be considered a "fugitive" if she emerges from hiding to collect the honor in Norway, Venezuela's attorney general told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.
Machado has expressed interest in attending the ceremony, which will be held in Oslo on December 10.
"By being outside Venezuela and having numerous criminal investigations, she is considered a fugitive," Attorney General Tarek William Saab told the AFP. Saab added that Machado is accused of "acts of conspiracy, incitement of hatred, terrorism," and noted that she is under investigation for her support of the United States' deployment of military forces in the Caribbean.
Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize last month for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy." The Nobel Committee called Machado a "key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided" and "a brave and committed champion of peace." It was Venezuela's first Nobel Prize.
Known as Venezuela's "Iron Lady," the 58-year-old Machado has spent more than two decades leading a massive political movement challenging the country's authoritarian leaders. She has been in hiding in Venezuela since the country's 2024 election.
Venezuela has been ruled by an autocratic regime for decades and is currently led by President Nicolas Maduro, whose election in 2024 was widely dismissed as non-democratic. His leadership is not recognized by many nations, including the United States. Instead, the U.S. recognized Senator Edmundo Gonzalez, an opposition politician backed by Machado, as the legitimate winner of the election. Gonzalez has since left Venezuela.
The Trump administration has accused Maduro of working with drug smuggling gangs, and tensions have only grown amid strikes on alleged drug boats and U.S. military assets being moved into the Caribbean.
Machado has supported the efforts, calling the increased military pressure a "necessary measure" toward the "restoration of popular sovereignty in Venezuela."
Machado told CBS News in an exclusive interview last month that she believed winning the Nobel would give her "a lot of protection" from the Maduro regime.
"But the most important thing, is that it highlights, worldwide, the importance of the struggle of Venezuela," Machado said.
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Waiting for pope leo, who decried Venezuelan drug boats getting shot to pieces, to speak out about this!!!
I think if she wants to stay alive she should use opportunity to get out of the country. We can give her asylum and she can be in exile.
“Attorney General” Tarek William Saab does not represent the legitimate, elected government of the people of Venezuela, so his opinions are (or should be) irrelevant.
She might welcome ‘being taken into custody’, if the standard of living is higher than what she now experiences every day in Venezuela.
“Hi, Officers, This is Maria Machado, Nobel laureate winner. How are you? I just arrived at the Oslo Airport, in the city of Gardermoen, Norway. I have gathered all my luggage, had a drink or two, purchased some breath mints, and I am now ready to be taken into custody. I’m now at Gate 12. See U soon!”
Do we know that she’s actually still in Venezuela?
The Socialists will never allow thst.
That AG and Maduro, will soon be the fugitives, with no country to return to. But, chances are that they will be killed by the citizens of Venezuela who are tired of their country being ruled by communist dictatorships.
Machado is the rightful president of Venezuela. The people decided to be rid of Maduro and his henchmen.
Viva Venezuela!
the legitimate, elected government of the people of Venezuela“
The “election” was one of the most brazen stolen elections the world had ever seen
I agree,adorno.
She’s still probably still under cover in Venezuela.
I don’t think she’d leave.
She’s the elected leader.
Trump needs to go get it and take the award to her.
I don’t think this is going to be a problem for her much longer. 😏
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