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Nobel laureate Machado feared for her life leaving Venezuela

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12-12-2025 | 07:29

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Nobel laureate Machado feared for her life leaving Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, feared for her life during her secret journey from Venezuela to Norway to receive the award, she said on Friday.

"There were moments when I felt that there was a real risk to my life, and it was also a very spiritual moment because, in the end, I simply felt that I was in God's hands and that whatever would be, would be," she told reporters in Oslo.

She declined to give details about how she managed to leave Venezuela, where she has lived in hiding since last year, to protect those involved -- following dramatic accounts of her journey in US media.

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