{"id":4893,"date":"2025-12-09T20:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:01:07","slug":"nobel-institute-calls-off-machado-press-conference-ahead-of-award-ceremony-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4893","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Institute calls off Machado press conference ahead of award ceremony | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The institute said the press conference \u2013 which has not been rescheduled \u2013 had been cancelled because Machado\u2019s whereabouts remain unknown.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 9 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">9 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A planned news conference by Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has been cancelled, a day before the Nobel award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian Nobel Institute cancelled the event, as it was unclear whether the Venezuelan opposition leader \u2013 whose whereabouts remain unclear \u2013 would be able to collect her award in person.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Originally scheduled for 1pm local time (12:00 GMT) on Tuesday, the press conference with Machado was first postponed before finally being cancelled hours later.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Committee awarded the prize to Machado for her fight against what it described as the dictatorial rule of Nicolas Maduro, who has been president of Venezuela since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-eight-year-old Machado has been subject to a decade-long travel ban imposed by Maduro\u2019s government, and went into hiding in her country in August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaria Corina Machado has herself stated in interviews how challenging the journey to Oslo, Norway, will be,\u201d said the Nobel Institute in an email to the Associated Press news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe therefore cannot at this point provide any further information about when and how she will arrive for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The institute did not specify whether the news conference would take place at a later point.<\/p>\n<p>Machado\u2019s spokesperson did not immediately respond to questions about her location and planned attendance at the award ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday at 1pm local time (12:00 GMT) at Oslo\u2019s City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>In attendance will be Norway\u2019s King Harald and Queen Sonja and at least four Latin American heads of state, including Argentina\u2019s Javier Milei and Ecuador\u2019s Daniel Noboa.<\/p>\n<p>Several members of Machado\u2019s family, including her mother, her three sisters and three children, were already in Oslo for the event. None of them have disclosed her location.<\/p>\n<p>Machado last appeared in public at a demonstration in Caracas on January 9, protesting against Maduro\u2019s inauguration for his third term.<\/p>\n<p>She has accused Maduro of stealing the July 2024 election she was banned from standing in, despite having won the opposition\u2019s primary by a landslide, a claim backed by much of the international community.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said last month that the opposition leader would be considered a \u201cfugitive\u201d if she travelled to Norway to accept the prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy being outside Venezuela and having numerous criminal investigations, she is considered a fugitive,\u201d Saab told the AFP news agency, adding that Machado is accused of \u201cacts of conspiracy, incitement of hatred, [and] terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Monday that he did not know if Machado would travel to Oslo.<\/p>\n<p>While she has been hailed by many for her efforts to bring democracy to Venezuela, she has also been criticised by others for aligning herself with United States President Donald Trump, to whom she dedicated her Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The Oslo ceremony coincides with a large US military build-up in the Caribbean in recent weeks, and several deadly strikes on what Washington says are drug smuggling boats in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro insists that the real goal of the US operations \u2013 which Machado has said are justified \u2013 is to topple the government and seize Venezuela\u2019s oil reserves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The institute said the press conference \u2013 which has not been rescheduled \u2013 had been cancelled because Machado\u2019s whereabouts remain unknown. 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