Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Karina Machado used a wig and a disguise as she slipped through multiple military checkpoints to escape her home country last week.

She was trying to get to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize that she was awarded for her work fighting for democracy in Venezuela and challenging its authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro.

The operation was dangerous and daring,

like something out of a thriller. Machado made it to Oslo, but not in time for the ceremony.

On Wednesday, Machado's daughter, Anna Karina Sosa, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother's

behalf and talked about her commitment to her country. This is what drives her, what drives all of us.

She wants to live in a free Venezuela, and she will never give up on that purpose.

Hours after Sosa's speech, mother and daughter were reunited, and Machado greeted cheering supporters.

Ah, yes, Femnes! Mother and daughter were reunited, and Machado greeted cheering supporters.

They're shouting valiant, meaning courageous. It was Maria Karina Machado's first public appearance since January.

She spent a year in hiding after her opposition movement defeated Maduro in last year's election by a wide margin, according to voting records validated by international observers.

But Maduro refused to leave office, and he ordered a massive crackdown on the opposition.

Consider this.

The journey to Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize was the start of a new phase of Maria

Karina Machado's international

campaign to bring pressure on the Maduro regime. Machado has been a supporter of the U.S.

military build-up in the Caribbean, even as she pushes for democracy in Venezuela.

From NPR News, I'm Miles Parks.

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