Venezuela to close embassy in Norway after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Venezuela to close embassy in Norway after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize  The development comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/14/venezuela-to-close-embassy-in-norway-after-opposition-leader-wins-nobel-peace-prize  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Venezuela has said it will close its embassy in Norway days after the country's opposition

00:04leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

00:10Norway's foreign ministry called the decision on Monday regrettable and emphasized the Nobel

00:14Committee is entirely separate from the government.

00:18Machado, who has been in hiding for a year, won the prize on Friday for her fight for

00:22democracy after being barred from last year's election.

00:32Venezuela also announced on Monday that it will close its embassy in Australia while opening

00:36new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.

00:42The move comes amid rising tensions with Washington.

00:45Following deadly U.S. military strikes last week on boats Venezuela was allegedly using

00:49to transport drugs.

00:52At a UN meeting on Friday, the Trump administration vowed to use its full might while Maduro government

00:57said it anticipates an armed attack.

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