Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said US government “support” helped her travel to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, hours after the US seized an oil tanker in a dramatic escalation of pressure against the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.
Machado, who has been in hiding following Venezuela’s disputed election last year, left on a fishing boat, according to the Wall Street Journal, after slipping through military checkpoints wearing a wig as a disguise. She then took a private jet to Norway. CNN has not independently confirmed the details of Machado’s travel. The US State Department declined to comment.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Nobel laureate thanked…
