Nobel winner Machado emerges from hiding, appears in Norway for ceremony

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00:00Certainly the regime would have done everything to prevent me from coming.

00:04They did not know where I was in hiding in Venezuela, so it was hard for them to stop me.

00:10It was rude, nonetheless.

00:16And yes, we did get support from the United States government to get here.

00:23It has been called state terrorism by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights.

00:29State terrorism inside towards our people,

00:32narcoterrorism towards other nations in the region.

00:37So I believe every country has the right to defend themselves.

00:42And in our case, I believe that President Trump's actions have been decisive

00:49to reach the point where we are right now, in which the regime is weaker than ever.

00:55Because the regime previously thought that they could do anything.

01:01Anything.

01:02They felt they had absolute impunity.

01:05They could torture.

01:07They could disappear.

01:09They could sexually assault young women.

01:13And absolutely nothing was going to happen.

01:15The cost was zero.

01:17Now they start to understand that this is serious and the world is really watching.

01:23Many of them are really watching.

01:24Many of them are really watching.