Maria Corina Machado credits Trump admin for help in escaping to Norway to receive Nobel Peace Prize

María Corina Machado, recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, revealed on Thursday that the Trump administration helped her escape from Venezuela to get to Oslo, Norway, to accept the award. She arrived in Oslo on Wednesday after spending over a year in hiding in Venezuela, facing threats and an active arrest warrant for “treason.” The Maduro regime had long ago banned her from leaving the country, according to Breitbart.
Unable to get to the ceremony on time, her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, accepted the award on her mother’s behalf, and delivered her speech in English.
Machado held two press conferences on Thursday, first with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and a second one with The Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
Machado confirmed at the second press conference that the U.S. assisted her escape, but said she could not offer any specific details.
“First of all, for the reasons you mentioned, I cannot go into details because these are people who could be in danger. Certainly, the regime would have done everything in its power to prevent me from coming,” Machado said. 
“They did not know where I was, where I was hiding in Venezuela. It was difficult for them to get me. It was rude nonetheless — and yes, we did receive support from the United States government, yes,” she continued.
Machado was awarded the famed Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

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