Nobel peace prize laureate Maria Corina Machado addresses a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, on December 11, 2025. The 58-year-old, who has been in hiding in her home country since June 2024, missed the award of the Nobel Prize in Oslo on December 10. But she waved to supporters from her hotel shortly after arriving during the night. Maria Corina Machado is the lynchpin of opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime, a fearless activist with rock star appeal whose inability to attend her own Nobel prize ceremony underlined the dangers she faces.