Venezuela is to close its embassy in Norway - just days after the South American country's opposition leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

In a statement, Nicolas Maduro's government said the country will also close its Australian embassy - as part of a "strategic re-assignation of resources".

The announcement comes just days after the Nobel Committee in Oslo announced Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in the South American country.

Ms Machado dedicated the prize to US President Donald Trump , at a time of escalating tensions between Caracas and Washington over several deadly US military strikes on vessels off its Caribbean coast, which Washington alleges were carrying drugs.

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