Machado’s daughter accepts Nobel

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’ daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother's behalf on Wednesday, hours after officials said Machado would miss the ceremony.

- AP

Machado has been in hiding and has not been seen in public since January 9, when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela's capital. Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee, told the award ceremony that “Maria Corina Machado ha