Oslo and Behold

“Hours after missing the ceremony in Norway’s capital that awarded her the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in the city’s streets after midnight on Thursday, greeting a cheering crowd.” NYT (Gift Article): Venezuelan Dissident Appears in Norway After Missing Nobel Ceremony.

+ “Wearing a wig and a disguise, María Corina Machado began her escape from Venezuela on Monday afternoon … Over the course of 10 nerve-racking hours, Machado and two people helping her escape hit 10 military checkpoints, avoiding capture each time, before she reached the coast by midnight, said a person close to the operation.” WSJ (Gift Article): Disguised and in Danger: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Escaped Venezuela. (With a little more effort and heroism, she could have qualified for the FIFA Peace Prize…)

+ The political environment that María Corina Machado faces is even more perilous than her journey to Oslo. And it’s getting more so by the minute. Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.