Panamanian โPresident โtoโข Attend Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Honoring Venezuelan Opposition Leader
Panamanian President Josรฉ Raรบl Mulino has announced โhe will attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, norway on December 10th, where Venezuelan opposition โleader Marรญa Corina Machado will be honored.Mulino described the eventโ as “a great honor” and a “great prospect” to support Machado, whom he called “a woman symbol of the tenacious โfightโ against โขa โdictatorship” representing the “people of Venezuela oppressed, humiliated and impoverished.”
Mulino stated he will travel to theโข Norwegian capital next Sunday afternoon, returning to Panama very late Thursday night following the โคWednesday ceremony. He previously announced on November 20th his intention to accompany Machado, expressing his hope that she would be able to attend.
Machado has thanked Mulino, as well asโข Paraguayan President Santiago Peรฑa and US Congresswoman Marรญaโค Elvira Salazar, for accepting invitations to the event. The norwegianโฃ Nobel committee has confirmed Machado will travelโข toโฃ Oslo to receive the prize.
Though, Jรธrgen Watne Frydnes, a leader of the Nobel Committee, has expressed concern about the safety of Machado’s journey, noting โคthe Venezuelan regime has indicated a desire to prevent her from attending. He emphasized the need to guaranteeโฃ her โsecurity both traveling to and from Norway.
Machado was awardedโ the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on October 10th “for her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the โคvenezuelan peopleโฃ and โfor her fight to achieve a justโค and peaceful transitionโฃ from dictatorship to democracy.” The committee highlighted her โคrole as a unifying figure withinโฃ the Venezuelan opposition, demanding free and representative elections.
