Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be considered a "fugitive" if she emerges from hiding to collect the honor in Norway, Venezuela's attorney general told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.

Machado has expressed interest in attending the ceremony, which will be held in Oslo on December 10.

"By being outside Venezuela and having numerous criminal investigations, she is considered a fugitive," Attorney General Tarek William Saab told the AFP. Saab added that Machado is accused of "acts of conspiracy, incitement of hatred, terrorism," and noted that she is under investigation for her support of the United States' deployment of military forces in the Caribbean.

Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize last month for "her tireless work pr

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