Venezuelans reacted Wednesday to opposition leader María Corina Machado being awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize in absentia.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado will miss the ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said.

Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, accepted the prestigious Nobel medal and accompanying certificate at the award ceremony at Oslo City Hall.

On the streets of Caracas, locals reacted with mixed feelings.

"People have expectations of what will happen, of what will come from the fact that María Corina receives or does not receive the prize," said teacher Jose Murillo in Caracas.

"A person who promotes a war against a country shouldn't receive a Nobel Peace Prize, she shouldn't," said retiree Rene Conde.

Gustavo Tovar-Arroyo, a Venezuelan human rights activist who was forced to flee into exile in 2012, said Machado's supporters “did the best for her to be here as she deserves. But we knew the risk.”

Speaking to The Associated Press outside the Grand Hotel in Oslo, where the Nobel Banquet is due to take place Wednesday night, Tovar-Arroyo said it was "disappointing" that Corina Machado could not receive the prize.

Machado last appeared in public 11 months ago and has been living in hiding after she was briefly detained when she joined supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital.

Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken told public broadcaster NRK the Venezuelan opposition leader's daughter will accept the prize on Machado’s behalf.

He later told the broadcaster that Machado was expected in Oslo during the day — but “unfortunately, she won’t arrive in time to attend today’s ceremony or other events.”

“We confirm that she will not attend the Nobel ceremony, but we are optimistic about her presence on the rest of the day’s agenda,” said Machado's spokesperson, Claudia Macero. She did not give information on Machado's current location.

Prominent Latin American figures planned to attend Wednesday's ceremony in a signal of solidarity with Machado, including Argentine President Javier Milei, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa, Panama's President José Raúl Mulino and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña.