{"id":5590,"date":"2025-12-16T11:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:59:47","slug":"venezuelan-opposition-leader-machado-injured-on-covert-nobel-prize-trip-nicolas-maduro-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5590","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan opposition leader Machado injured on covert Nobel Prize trip | Nicolas Maduro News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>President Maduro\u2019s rival was hurt as she sped on a boat through choppy waters in secret escape from hiding to reach Oslo ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 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>Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was injured as she made a clandestine dash to collect her Nobel Peace Prize last week, her spokesperson has said.<\/p>\n<p>Claudia Macero said late on Monday that the right-wing opposition figure fractured a vertebra during a choppy boat ride that had formed part of a risky cloak-and-dagger journey to reach the Norwegian capital, Oslo, for the Nobel award ceremony.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Machado has been in hiding since she was banned from running in Venezuela\u2019s July 24 presidential election, fearing that her life is under threat from long-time Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vertebra fracture is confirmed,\u201d Macero told the AFP news agency, adding that no further details would be released beyond what had been reported in the Norwegian daily Aftonbladet.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper had earlier reported that the 58-year-old Machado sustained the fracture while crossing the sea in a small fishing boat battered by high waves.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader was examined by doctors at Oslo University Hospital during her time in the city.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dangerous-dash\">Dangerous dash<\/h2>\n<p>Media reports in the United States said Machado\u2019s escape last week involved wearing a disguise, including a wig, and travelling from a small Venezuelan fishing village on a wooden boat to the island of Curacao, before boarding a private plane to Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Machado has said she feared for her life during the voyage, which saw US forces situated in the Caribbean alerted to avoid a strike on the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Several similar boats have been attacked in recent months in a campaign that the Trump administration asserts is a bid to avert drug smuggling into the US.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro has accused Washington of seeking to engineer regime change in the hope of seizing Venezuela\u2019s large oil reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the opposition Vente Venezuela party was attempting to reach the ceremony at which she was due to be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>She was announced the winner of the prestigious award in October, with the selection committee praising her role in the country\u2019s opposition movement and her \u201csteadfast\u201d support for democracy.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"broken-soul\">\u2018Broken soul\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Despite her speedy trip, Machado failed to reach Oslo in time for the ceremony. Her daughter received the award on her behalf and delivered a speech that slammed Maduro and warned of the need to fight for democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the ceremony, early on Thursday morning, Machado greeted supporters from an Oslo hotel balcony in what was her first public appearance in a year.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fracture, she climbed over a barrier to greet supporters outside the hotel, AFP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Machado said authorities in Venezuela would have attempted everything possible to prevent her journey to Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing set to challenge Maduro in the vote, the opposition leader was barred from running in the country\u2019s presidential election in July last year.<\/p>\n<p>She then announced that she would be going into hiding within Venezuela due to fear for her life while Maduro is in power.<\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan president commented dismissively on the reports of Machado\u2019s injury on television on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Machado \u201csays she has a broken vertebra\u201d, he said. \u201cWhat\u2019s broken is her brain and her soul because she\u2019s a demon \u2013 she hates Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Maduro\u2019s rival was hurt as she sped on a boat through choppy waters in secret escape from hiding to reach Oslo ceremony. 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