Nobel laureate and Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado risks being labelled a "fugitive" if she travels to Norway to receive the peace prize she won last month for promoting democratic rights . Owing to several criminal cases, including terrorism-related charges, registered against Machado in Venezuela, she may be forced to forgo receiving the award in-person.

The 58-year-old Venezuelan politician, who says she is in hiding in the country, last week expressed an intention to travel to the Norwegian city of Oslo for the December 10 ceremony.

However, Venezuela's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, warned that she is facing several criminal cases and would be considered a "fugitive" if she travelled abroad to receive her peace prize, news agency AFP reported.

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