Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado waves from the balcony at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 11, 2025. Lise Aserud/NTB via Reuters
Venezuelan opposition figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado has said she plans to return to Venezuela despite security risks, adding that U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign has left Nicolás Maduro’s government “significantly weaker.”
Speaking to reporters in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 11, Machado said she would go back to the country when she thinks “the security conditions are right,” adding that her decision “won’t depend on whether or not the regime leaves.”
