"The institute said the press conference which has not been rescheduled had been cancelled because Machado's whereabouts remain unknown. A planned news conference by Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has been cancelled, a day before the Nobel award ceremony in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Institute cancelled the event, as it was unclear whether the Venezuelan opposition leader whose whereabouts remain unclear would be able to collect her award in person."
"The Nobel Committee awarded the prize to Machado for her fight against what it described as the dictatorial rule of Nicolas Maduro, who has been president of Venezuela since 2013. Fifty-eight-year-old Machado has been subject to a decade-long travel ban imposed by Maduro's government, and went into hiding in her country in August 2024. Maria Corina Machado has herself stated in interviews how challenging the journey to Oslo, Norway, will be, said the Nobel Institute in an email to the Associated Press news agency."
Maria Corina Machado's planned press conference in Oslo was cancelled because her whereabouts remain unknown and the event had not been rescheduled. The Norwegian Nobel Institute said it cancelled the conference as it was unclear whether Machado would be able to collect the Nobel Peace Prize in person. Machado faces a decade-long travel ban imposed by President Nicolas Maduro's government and went into hiding in August 2024. The Nobel Committee awarded her the prize for her fight against what it described as the dictatorial rule of Nicolas Maduro. Several members of her family were already in Oslo, and multiple Latin American leaders are expected to attend the ceremony at Oslo City Hall.
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