Opposition leader María Corina Machado suffered a fractured vertebra during a risky voyage to Norway.
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado suffered a fractured vertebra while traveling from Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokeswoman announced on Monday. TASR took over the report from the AFP agency.
Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported that Machado suffered the injury during a risky voyage on a small fishing boat that was tossed by high waves.
Health complications
“We confirm the vertebral fracture,” said her spokeswoman Claudia Macerová. “At the moment, no further information will be released beyond what is stated in the (Aftenposten) article,” she added.
According to the newspaper, the Venezuelan opposition leader was examined by doctors at Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo.
Journey to Norway
After arriving in the Norwegian capital on Thursday, fifty-eight-year-old Machadová repeatedly remarked that she wanted to see a doctor, AFP recalls. However, she did not provide any details about her health at the time.
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was also helped by the American government on her way to Norway. The opposition leader escaped from hiding in Caracas across the Caribbean Sea on a fishing boat to the island of Curacao. Early on Wednesday morning, she moved to Oslo by private plane.
AFP adds that the injury to the vertebra did not prevent her from appearing on the balcony of the hotel on Thursday and greeting her supporters from it.
