Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel Institute

The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel peace prize ceremony and the award will be accepted by her daughter, organisers have said.

Machado has been seen only once in public since going into hiding in August last year amid a tense showdown with President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s attorney general has said Machado, 58, would be considered a “fugitive” if she left the country to accept the award.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel Institute

The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel peace prize ceremony and the award will be accepted by her daughter, organisers have said.

Machado has been seen only once in public since going into hiding in August last year amid a tense showdown with President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s attorney general has said Machado, 58, would be considered a “fugitive” if she left the country to accept the award.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel Institute

The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel peace prize ceremony and the award will be accepted by her daughter, organisers have said.

Machado has been seen only once in public since going into hiding in August last year amid a tense showdown with President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s attorney general has said Machado, 58, would be considered a “fugitive” if she left the country to accept the award.