Venezuela's authoritarian regime announced on Monday that it is closing its embassy in Norway and shifting diplomatic resources toward the Global South. The country's foreign ministry framed the move as part of a broad "restructuring" of Venezuela's foreign service to "optimize state resources and redefine our diplomatic presence," and said new embassies will open in Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso.
The decision, however, comes three days after opposition leader María Corina Machado received the Nobel Peace Prize Award for, as the committee put it, being "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America."
