Venezuelan opposition leader to speak in Norway in aftermath of US oil tanker seizure
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will soon speak in Norway, a day after the US seized an oil tank off the coast of her country, upping pressure on the ruling government. Follow for live updates
• Opposition leader to speak: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will soon speak in Norway, after her daughter accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in the capital Oslo yesterday. • Tanker seized: Her speech comes a day after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela yesterday, President Donald Trump said, ramping up a pressure campaign on the country that has included moving troops into the Caribbean, strikes on suspected drug boats and threats against its leader. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is set to speak in Norway a day after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Machado had missed Wednesday’s prize acceptance ceremony by just hours. She arrived in Oslo in the middle of the night after a journey that Nobel organizers said “involved extreme danger.” The opposition leader emerged from the balcony of her hotel in Oslo early Thursday morning to loud cheers as a crowd of supporters sang the Venezuelan national anthem. Video shows her going down to the street and hopping a barricade to greet her supporters, as people chanted “María!”
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