Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was unable to attend today's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, where she was honored for her work promoting democracy in Venezuela. Her daughter Anna accepted the award on her behalf.

Machado has been in hiding for months and has only been seen publicly once during that time — at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro's inauguration as he began his third term following what she and fellow opposition politicians call a stolen election.

The Venezuelan government has stated that if Machado traveled, they would consider her a fugitive from justice. Authorities have been pursuing her for months, and she has faced threats for years over claims that she has been involved in plots against the Maduro regime. Machado maintains she is

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