Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has vowed to go to Norway to pick up her Nobel Peace Prize, defying a warning from Caracas that she would be a fugitive if she did so.
The head of the Nobel Institute, Kristian Berg Harpviken, told AFP on Saturday that Machado – who lives in hiding in her country – promised him she would make the ceremony, which is to take place in Oslo on Wednesday.
“I was in contact with Machado last night (Friday) and she confirms that she will be in Oslo for the ceremony,” Kristian Berg Harpviken said.
