New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's daughter Ana Corina Sosa stepped onto the stage to receive the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 on her mother's behalf Wednesday, just hours after officials announced that Machado would not be able to attend the ceremony. She was declared the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner in October amid Donald Trump's repeated claims that he "deserves" the award, citing his assertions about "stopping seven wars," missed out on the honour.

Machado has been in hiding and has not been seen in public since 9 January this year, when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela's capital.

Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee, told t...