Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrives to a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 23, 2023. Carlos Becerra/Getty Images

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado will not attend Wednesday’s award ceremony in Oslo, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported.

Under persecution from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, Machado has been living in hiding since last year and her current whereabouts are unknown.

“She is not in Norway now, and will not be on stage in Oslo,” Kristian Berg Harpviken, the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, told NRK.

Machado’s daughter will accept the prize and deliver a speech on her mother’s behalf, NRK reported.

Machado received the accolade for tirelessly promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

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