“Venezuela has already been invaded by Russian agents and criminals”

The odyssey of María Corina Machado’s escape from Venezuela may be dwarfed by the challenge of returning to her country, where she has been living clandestinely for more than a year. The leader of the opposition to Chavismo promised this Thursday from Oslo, after collecting her Nobel Peace Prize despite not having arrived in time to participate in the ceremony, that she will return to Venezuelan territory and take the prize with her, assuming the risks she faces.

In a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Corina Machado was asked if the Maduro Government knew where she was hiding. “I don’t think so, and they would have done everything possible to prevent me from coming here,” he revealed. He has pointed out that the Nobel Prize is a recognition of the struggle of the people of Venezuela to achieve democracy and has dedicated it to all the mothers who have their children imprisoned or in exile.

The opposition member, who has not participated in a public event since last January, has confirmed that her intention is to return, although she has not revealed when or how she will do so. But he has guaranteed that he will return to hiding with his people “if the regime is still in power”: “He won’t know where I am, we have ways to do it.”

Asked if she would support a hypothetical US military invasion, María Corina Machado responded by attacking the Chavista regime: “Venezuela has already been invaded by Russian and Iranian agents, by Hezbollah and Hamas, by the Colombian guerrillas and by criminal gangs.” In this sense, he has denounced that his country has become the “epicenter of crime in America” ​​and that the Government of Caracas is financed by “the trafficking of drugs, weapons and human beings.”

“I came to receive the award on behalf of the Venezuelan people and I will take it back to Venezuela at the appropriate time. Of course, I will not say when,” he revealed shortly before, during a visit to the Norwegian Parliament. The Maduro regime had imposed a ban on Machado leaving the country since the clashes between security forces and protesters that occurred in the student marches against Chavismo in February 2014.

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