OSLO: Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday that the United States helped her get to Norway from hiding in Venezuela, expressing support for US military action against her country and vowing to return home. Machado, who vanished in January after challenging the rule of President Nicolas Maduro, emerged on a hotel balcony in Oslo to cheering supporters early Thursday after several days of confusion over her whereabouts. “We did get support from the United States government to get here,” Machado told a press conference when asked by AFP about whether Washington had helped.

The Venezuelan opposition leader was due to attend the award ceremony in Oslo after spending more than a year in hiding.

Machado left Venezuela by boat on Tuesday and travelled to the Caribbean island of Curacao, from where she departed on a private plane for Oslo.

La leader dell’opposizione ha detto che sta andando a Oslo per ritirare il Nobel per la Pace, anche se la cerimonia c'è già stata

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, is reportedly safe and on her way to Oslo.

Unable to get around a travel ban imposed by the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, Maria Machado's Nobel Peace Prize was collected by her daughter.

Maria Corina Machado's daughter collected the Nobel Peace Prize for her in Oslo and delivered her blistering acceptance speech.

La líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado salió al balcón del Grand Hotel de Oslo tras llegar a la capital noruega.

Maria Corina Machado's daughter accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf, highlighting Venezuela's fight against state terrorism.

“Riporterò il premio in Venezuela a tempo debito”

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La opositora venezolana desafía al régimen de Maduro con su llegada a la capital de Noruega tras recibir el Nobel de la Paz

María Corina Machado climbs over barriers to meet chanting supporters gathered outside the Grand Hotel in early hours of Thursday

Maria Corina Machado had secretly left Venezuela for Oslo in defiance of a decade-long travel ban imposed by authorities in her home country and after spending more than a year in…

Machado made a daring escape from Venezuela by boat and travelled to the Caribbean island of Curacao, from where she departed on a private plane for Norway

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has made her first public appearance in over a year early Thursday, just hours after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

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María Corina Machado, who has been threatened by her home country's government, speaks about her secret journey to Norway.