The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will not attend the awards ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday.

Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken told public broadcaster NRK the Venezuelan opposition leader was not in the Norwegian capital on the day of the ceremony and her daughter will accept the prize on Machado’s behalf.

The institute did not immediately respond to emails or calls from The Associated Press seeking comment.

A day earlier, a news conference that Machado was expected to attend was canceled. She last appeared in public 11 months ago.

Machado went into hiding and has not been seen in public since Jan. 9, when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital.

The 58-year-old’s win fo

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