Her appearance in Oslo came hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize award on her behalf.

Ms Machado was recognised after mounting the most serious peaceful challenge in years to the authoritarian government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

“Freedom! Freedom!” the crowd gathered outside the hotel chanted after seeing Ms Machado. Together they sang Venezuela’s national anthem.

Ms Machado, dressed in jeans and a puffer jacket, spent several minutes outside the hotel, where she was joined by members of her family and her closest aides.

She hugged many in the crowd amid chants of “President! President!”

“I want you all back in Venezuela,” Machado said as people lifted their mobile phones to take pictures.

Ms Machado had been in hiding since January 9, when she was b

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