OSLO, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is due to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, in defiance of a decade-long travel ban imposed by authorities in her home country and after spending more than a year in hiding.

However, her current whereabouts are unknown and ‍it is unclear whether she will be able to attend at all.

When she won the prize in October, Machado dedicated it in part to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he himself deserved the honour.

President Nicolas Maduro, in power since 2013, says Trump is trying to overthrow him to gain access to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves and that Venezuelan citizens and armed forces will resist any such attempt.

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Machado, 58, is due to receive the award at

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