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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maira Butt

Nobel winner Machado snuck through 10 checkpoints in Venezuela in a wig to reach Norway in daring three-day journey

Maria Corina Machado used a wig and disguise to sneak through 10 military checkpoints in Venezuela during a perilous three-day journey to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway.

The Venezuelan democracy activist and opposition leader was escorted by US Navy F-18s and a private contractor issued by president Donald Trump’s administration during the journey from her hiding spot in Caracas to Oslo, where she was awarded the prize on Wednesday.

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