Nobel laureate Machado feared for her life during secret escape from Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition figure and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said she feared for her life during a clandestine journey out of Venezuela to reach Norway for the award ceremony, describing a high-risk sea escape carried out with US support. FRANCE 24 spoke to her daughter Ana Corina Sosa and to Bryan Stern, founder of Grey Bull Rescue, which carried out the exfiltration.