LIVE: Venezuelan Nobel laureate María Corina Machado Presser with Norwegian PM Gahr Støre | N18G

LIVE: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Venezuelan Maria Corina Machado, Holds a News Conference | CNBC TV18
OSLO - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, holds a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on the day after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the Norwegian capital.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado appeared in Oslo early on Thursday, climbing barriers outside her hotel to hug well-wishers after the Venezuelan opposition figure failed to reach the Norwegian capital in time to receive her award at a 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 in her home country and after spending more than a year in hiding. Speaking in Oslo, the laureate described the joy of meeting her children - who live in exile - for the first time in about two years.
"For over 16 months I haven't been able to hug or touch anyone," Machado told the BBC. "Suddenly in the matter of a few hours I've been able to see the people I love the most, and touch them and cry and pray together."
Machado greeted dozens of people from the balcony of Oslo's Grand Hotel, where Nobel laureates traditionally stay, waving and singing the national anthem along with the crowd, which waved Venezuelan flags and filmed her with their mobile phones.
Later, Machado came down to the street and climbed over crowd barriers to hug and shake hands with people who had gathered in the cold for the chance to see her.
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