Overview
- Machado’s spokesperson confirmed a vertebral fracture reported by Norway’s Aftenposten following a medical evaluation in Oslo.
- The injury likely occurred during a rough five-hour boat transfer in bad weather as part of her clandestine extraction, which Bryan Stern described as a 16-hour, mostly nocturnal operation.
- She is prolonging her stay in Norway pending medical guidance on treatment, and Oslo University Hospital declined to discuss any patient details, citing privacy rules.
- She arrived too late for the Nobel ceremony, her daughter accepted the Peace Prize on her behalf, and she greeted supporters in Oslo the next day.
- Flight-tracking indicates the aircraft she used departed from Curaçao, and the Dutch embassy in Caracas denies involvement in her departure.