"A life of clandestinity is over for Maria Corina Machado. After more than a year in hiding for security reasons, the Venezuelan opposition leader, this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, arrived in Oslo at midnight on Thursday. At around 2:30 a.m., Machado, who had not left her country for 14 years, appeared on the balcony of the Grand Hotel and greeted the crowd waiting for her in the street, with whom she sang the Venezuelan national anthem."
"I just want to say today that I'm here, because many men and women risked their lives in order for me to arrive in Oslo, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said in conversation with journalist Lucy Hockings. Of course I'm going back [to Venezuela], Machado continued, I'm going to be in the place where I'm most useful for our cause."
Maria Corina Machado ended clandestinity after over a year in hiding and arrived in Oslo to greet supporters from the Grand Hotel balcony, singing the Venezuelan anthem. She descended under heavy security to take selfies and carried out meetings and a press conference in the Norwegian parliament, including with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stre. She left Venezuela by boat to Curacao, crossed military checkpoints in disguise, and flew from Miami to Oslo on a private plane. She said many people risked their lives to enable her arrival and affirmed she will return to Venezuela to continue her political work. Her arrival marked a milestone for the opposition to Nicolas Maduro and for millions of Venezuelans.
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