Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Venezuelan opposition leader's behalf

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Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Venezuelan opposition leader's behalf  Machado has been in hiding and has not been seen in public since 9 January when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/10/venezuela-opposition-leader-machado-to-miss-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado accepted the Nobel Peace

00:08Prize on her mother's behalf on Wednesday after officials said Machado would not attend the

00:12ceremony. Machado has been in hiding and has not been seen in public since January when she was

00:19briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in the Venezuelan capital Caracas.

00:24She wants to live in a free Venezuela and she will never give up on that purpose. That is why

00:33we all know and I know that she will be back in Venezuela. The Nobel Institute awarded Machado

00:41the prize for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in Venezuela. She won an opposition

00:46primary election and intended to challenge President Nicolás Maduro in last year's

00:51presidential election, but the government barred her from running for office. The lead-up to the

00:56election saw widespread repression, including disqualifications, arrests and human rights

01:01violations. UN human rights officials and many independent rights groups have expressed concerns

01:06about the situation in Venezuela and called for Maduro to be held accountable for the crackdown on dissent.

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