Venezuela’s best-known opposition chief, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, has made a dramatic look in Norway after slipping out of her authoritarian homeland by boat.
The Venezuelan politician and pro-democracy activist stepped out on to the balcony of Oslo’s iconic Grand Lodge at simply earlier than 2.30am native time, after spending the previous 11 months in hiding in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
Dozens of supporters chanted “Brave!” and “Freedom!” in entrance of the lodge and sang the Venezuelan nationwide anthem as she appeared. “Glory to the courageous nation, which shook off the yoke!” they cried out.
It was Machado’s first public look in virtually a 12 months, having been forced into hiding in Venezuela by the nation’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, after he was accused of stealing the July 2024 presidential election.
Minutes after showing on the balcony outdoors the lodge’s storied Nobel suite, the 58-year-old conservative got here down on to the road and climbed over metallic barricades to embrace supporters who had gathered outdoors the Nineteenth-century constructing’s glimmering facade within the early hours of Thursday.
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