Daughter of Venezuela's Machado accepts Nobel Peace Prize in her mother's absence

Daughter of Venezuela’s Machado accepts Nobel Peace Prize in her mother’s absence World Dec 10, 2025 9:51 AM EST

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on her mother’s behalf Wednesday, and said in a speech written by Machado that Venezuela shows the world “we must be willing to fight for freedom.”

Machado has been in hiding and hasn’t been seen in public since Jan. 9, when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital.

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee, told the award ceremony that “María Corina Machado has done everything in her power to be able to attend the ceremony here today — a journey in a situation of extreme danger.”