The Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, has announced that she has returned to Oslo, the capital of Norway. This marks her return to the first city she arrived in December 2025 after leaving Venezuela to receive the award and begin an international tour.
"Back in Oslo. When I left Venezuela, I did so with a mission that began in this city. Today, I return with that mission almost completed, to speak to the Venezuelans who await us at home and also to those who are here in Norway," Machado stated in a message shared on social media, recalling the origin of her international agenda in recent months, during which she met with various world leaders, including the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
For now, Machado has not specified the date of her return to Caracas, although she has indicated that she will reunite "soon" with the Venezuelan people "at home."
Her communication team has emphasized that Oslo was the first city to host the Venezuelan opposition leader "after a 12-year ban on leaving" the country.
"That first time the reason was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize; today, the reason is even greater: to speak for the millions of Venezuelans who resist and await us in Venezuela," she emphasized in another message posted on her social media.
Last week, Machado, along with presidential candidate Edmundo González, presented a roadmap "towards freedom" with two processes to be developed "simultaneously." The plan includes, on one hand, a negotiation phase with the Venezuelan Executive, "with the accompaniment" of the United States, and, on the other hand, the construction of a "grand national agreement" that integrates different political, social, and professional sectors of the country.
For these potential conversations, the promoters of the document have proposed as "necessary" conditions a series of "gestures that contribute to creating a favorable political environment and demonstrate a willingness to advance in this process." Specifically, they demand from the Caracas authorities, after the departure of Nicolás Maduro from power, progress in "the full release of political prisoners, civilians and military"; "the safe return of those exiled for political reasons"; and "the normalization of civic and political space," which implies dismantling the repressive apparatus in Venezuela.
Machado has maintained for months that Maduro's fall has caused the democratic process in Venezuela to "accelerate," although he continues to not set a date for his definitive return to the country.