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Venezuelan opposition leader Machado will not attend Peace Prize ceremony

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OSLO, Norway (AP) — The head of the Nobel Institute said Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will not attend the awards ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday.

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  1. NPR

    Machado to accept Nobel Peace Prize as her strategy against the regime hardens (opens NPR)

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    As María Corina Machado is set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader is betting everything on her prediction of an imminent political transition.

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Venezuelan opposition leader Machado will not attend Peace Prize ceremony (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    OSLO, Norway (AP) — The head of the Nobel Institute said Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will not attend the awards ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday.

  3. NBC4 Washington

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend Peace Prize ceremony (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    The head of the Nobel Institute has said Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will not attend the awards ceremony in Oslo.

  4. KCEN Waco

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will miss Nobel Peace Prize ceremony (opens KCEN Waco)

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    Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken told public broadcaster NRK the Venezuelan opposition leader's daughter will accept the prize on Machado’s behalf.

  5. WTOP Washington DC

    Head of Nobel Institute says Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado will not attend awards ceremony in Oslo (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    OSLO, Norway (AP) — Head of Nobel Institute says Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado will not attend awards ceremony in Oslo.

  6. NBC News

    Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado will not attend ceremony, Nobel Institute says (opens NBC News)

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    María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, will not attend the ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday, the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said.

  7. KRDO

    Venezuela’s Machado won’t attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony (opens KRDO)

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    By Lex Harvey, Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado will not attend

  8. Al Jazeera

    Machado in Oslo, but will not attend Nobel Peace ceremony to receive award (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Ceremony is tinged with shadowy intrigue, as the Nobel institute earlier said Machado’s whereabouts were unknown.

  9. The Guardian

    Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner will not attend ceremony, say organisers (opens The Guardian)

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    Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel Institute

  10. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    Venezuela opposition chief Machado to miss Nobel Peace Prize award (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, will not attend Wednesday

  11. WHEC Rochester

    Venezuela's Machado absent from Nobel ceremony but her travel to Oslo draws mixed reactions at home (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was absent from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway on Wednesday. Her daughter accepted the award on her behalf, highlighting Machado's commitment to a free Venezuela. Machado has not been seen publicly since Jan.

  12. Forbes

    Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Will Not Attend Award Ceremony (opens Forbes)

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    The Nobel Institute said the Venezuelan opposition leader, who had been in hiding since last year’s elections, will be coming to Oslo after undertaking a journey “of extreme danger.”

  13. NPR

    María Corina Machado will not attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony (opens NPR)

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    María Corina Machado was slated to receive her Nobel Peace Prize Wednesday, but the Venezuelan opposition leader, who has been in hiding, will not attend the ceremony.

  14. KESQ Palm Springs

    Venezuela’s Machado won’t attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, Norway’s public broadcaster reports (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado will not attend Wednesday’s award ceremony in Oslo, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported. Under persecution from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, Machado has been living in hidi…

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