Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado reacts from a balcony of Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway on Thursday.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said she planned to take her award back to Venezuela, but declined to say on Thursday when she would return to her home country after leaving in great secrecy to receive the honour.

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado arrived in Oslo in the early hours of Thursday, failing to reach the Norwegian capital in time for the prize ceremony held hours earlier.

The 58-year-old engineer had secretly left Venezuela for Oslo in defiance of a decade-long travel ban imposed by authorities and after spending more than a year in hiding.

“I came to receive the prize on behalf of the Venezuelan people and I will take it back to Venezuela at t

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