Venezuelan Opposition Leader Makes Oslo Debut after 11-Year Travel Ban, Because Why Not
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- •María Corina Machado arrived in Oslo Thursday after 11 months out of public sight and a decade-long Venezuelan government travel ban.
- •Her arrival followed her daughter's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf at Oslo's Grand Hotel.
- •The Norwegian Nobel Committee chair announced Machado's presence and promised details about her scheduled program for the following day.
María Corina Machado, 58-year-old industrial engineer turned pro-democracy magician, popped up in Oslo after an 11-month invisibility spell and a decade-long travel ban from the Maduro crew. Talk about dedication to awkward timing: her daughter collected the Nobel Peace Prize on breakthrough family-rep duties just hours before Machado showed up, sparking cheers louder than your morning coffee in Grand Hotel's lobby. Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes dramatic-voiced her arrival with plans to spill the 'program for tomorrow' like it’s a Netflix plot twist. Meanwhile, the ruling Venezuelan regime's presidential dreams? Met a firm nope, complete with a legal roadblock. Plot thickens faster than Venezuelan coffee.
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Only in world politics does a decade-long travel ban end with a grand hotel cameo and a Nobel party crash. Machado: showing us how to ghost like a boss.
Travel ban or not, Machado just Grouponed her way into Oslo’s Grand Hotel like a pro-democracy VIP. Maduro, update your guest list.
When life blocks your president run, just spawn in Oslo with a Nobel party and confuse everyone. Venezuelan politics is the ultimate reality show.
Source: Axios | Published: 12/11/2025 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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