Venezuela to close Norway embassy after opposition leader wins Nobel Prize

The quality comes conscionable days aft Maria Corina Machado was announced the victor of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize successful Oslo.

Venezuela says it volition adjacent its embassy successful Norway, conscionable days aft Venezuelan absorption person Maria Corina Machado was announced the victor of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize successful Oslo.

A Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson told the Reuters quality bureau that the Venezuelan embassy did not springiness a crushed for shutting its doors for its determination connected Monday.

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“It is regrettable. Despite our differences connected respective issues, Norway wishes to support the dialog unfastened with Venezuela and volition proceed to enactment successful this direction,” the spokesperson said.

The ministry besides stressed that the Nobel Committee overseeing the prize is an autarkic assemblage from the Norwegian government.

Corina Machado, who has been successful hiding since 2024, was declared the Nobel Peace Prize victor connected Friday for her “extraordinary examples of civilian courageousness successful Latin America successful caller times”.

She was barred from lasting successful past year’s predetermination successful Venezuela, which was won by President Nicolas Maduro successful a wide disputed result.

Corina Machado dedicated her Nobel Prize triumph to United States President Donald Trump and the “suffering radical of Venezuela”.

Venezuela has besides decided to shutter its embassy successful Australia, successful summation to Norway.

Instead, it plans to unfastened 2 caller embassies successful Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe, countries it described arsenic “strategic allies successful the anti-colonial combat and successful absorption to hegemonic pressures”.

Neither Norway nor Australia has an embassy successful Venezuela, and consular services are handled by their embassies successful Colombia.

Both countries are longtime allies of the US, which, nether Trump, has launched an authoritative warfare against Latin American cause cartels similar Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua.

The US subject has since September carried retired astatine slightest 4 strikes connected boats operated by alleged cause traffickers successful the Caribbean nether orders from the White House.

Maduro has accused Washington of trying to instigate authorities alteration successful Venezuela and called for the United Nations Security Council to instrumentality action.