Archive · 19 Jan 2026
Machado's Daring Escape from Venezuela
Maria Corina Machado is a brave leader from Venezuela who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
She had to escape from her country because the leader there, Nicolas Maduro, was not nice to people who disagreed with him.
With the help of a team called Greybull Rescue, she left Venezuela on December 8, 2025.
She wore a disguise to hide, took two boats in choppy seas, and then flew to Norway.
She made it safely and received her prize on December 10, 2025.
A video shows how the rescue team helped her, with people talking and saying they were happy to see her safe.
Maria Corina Machado escaped Venezuela on December 8-9, 2025, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
The rescue operation, called Operation Golden Dynamite, involved disguises, two boats, and a flight.
Machado wore a wig and disguise to hide her identity during the escape.
The operation took place off the coast near Curacao, South America, with choppy seas and uncertain moments.
Machado safely reached Oslo, Norway, and received her Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2025.
- Who
- Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader
- What
- Escape from Venezuela to receive Nobel Peace Prize
- When
- December 8-9, 2025
- Where
- Coast near Curacao, South America
- Why
- To challenge Nicolas Maduro's authoritarian regime and receive Nobel Peace Prize
- Operation Name
- Operation Golden Dynamite
- Date of Escape
- December 8-9, 2025
- Location of Escape
- Coast near Curacao, South America
- Destination
- Oslo, Norway
- Reason for Escape
- To receive Nobel Peace Prize
- Disguise Used
- Wig and disguise
- Rescue Team
- Greybull Rescue