New Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado raised the stakes for Nicolás Maduro this week, challenging the Venezuelan leader’s hold on her country by slipping past the authorities and flying to Europe to receive the honour.
Machado, 58, revealed at a press conference in Oslo on Thursday that the United States helped her get to Norway from hiding in Venezuela.
Once again expressing support for US military action against her country and Maduro’s regime, Machado promised Venezuelans that she would return home.
Machado, who vanished in January after challenging Maduro’s rule with a series of demonstrations, emerged on a hotel balcony in Oslo to cheering supporters early Thursday after several days of confusion over her whereabouts.
"We did get support from the United States government to get here,"
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