"It's been quite emotional, because when one dreams of this moment for the longest time and without knowing when it's going to happen, and quite frankly, sometimes not knowing if it would ever happen again. Of course, I don't have to tell you, but so that the listeners could understand, I mean, she faced real, incredible, serious threats to her life multiple times, every day while she was in hiding, and so has many, countless of other Venezuelans."
"So the moment of reuniting is just sometimes it's just hard to believe we're still processing in front of us, and after all these days, which have been just such an incredible honor surrounding the Nobel Peace Prize for my family, but for Venezuela as well, right now, we're truly just trying to be normal again. Just have a few moments of normality."
Ana Corina Sosa Machado reunited with her mother, Maria Corina Machado, in Oslo after the mother's harrowing escape from Venezuela. The daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother's behalf. The mother endured repeated, serious threats to her life while hiding and had not left Venezuela for more than a decade. The family described the reunion as deeply emotional and surreal as they sought small moments of normalcy. They walked around Oslo, enjoyed Christmas lights, and noticed the mother wearing a coat for the first time in over 12 years. The daughter denounced the Venezuelan regime as lacking humanity.
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