Daughter of María Corina Machado Confirms She Will Soon Return to Venezuela

Oslo, Dec 10 (EFE). - Ana Corina Sosa, daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, confirmed this Wednesday after collecting the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to her mother, that in 'a few hours' she will be able to hug her in Oslo and that the opposition leader intends to return 'very soon' to Venezuela. 'I must say that my mother never breaks a promise. She wants to live in a free Venezuela and will never renounce that purpose,' Sosa stated. She also reported that her mother, who is in an unknown location in Venezuela, has promised to return 'very soon.' 'That is why we all know, I know, that she will soon be back in Venezuela,' she assured. Meanwhile, Ana Corina Sosa is now facing 'the difficult task of giving voice to her mother's words, the speech she prepared for this occasion.' Sosa began by expressing 'infinite gratitude' on behalf of her family and all of Venezuela to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the fact that 'the struggle of an entire people for truth, freedom, democracy, and peace is today recognized worldwide.' 'I am here on behalf of my mother, María Corina Machado, who has united millions of Venezuelans in an extraordinary effort that you, our hosts, have honored with the Nobel Peace Prize,' she said. 'She has earned it with her work, but any result or circumstance that arises is not her, because it is not what she is seeking,' she emphasized. The mother of the Venezuelan opposition leader stated that she has not been able to speak with her daughter, who lives in an unknown location in Venezuela, but that she had assured last weekend that she would travel to Oslo to personally collect the Nobel Peace Prize. However, Parisca sent a message to María Corina Machado: 'my love, we love you very much, we love you more than ever, but not because they gave you a prize. And she will come,' she told the media in Oslo, including EFE, after it became known that the politician was ultimately unable to reach the Norwegian capital. Parisca stressed that she has 'the satisfaction in her soul' that 'everyone is recognizing in María Corina a great woman dedicated to goodness, to helping, to her country and to the world in general, in everything she can.' 'Now I feel super proud,' she emphasized. 'We were waiting for Cori, but if the Lord decided she would not come, she is well represented by her mother and her grandchildren,' she said, and explained that 'faith sustains' her at this time. 'And the faith in the certainty that it is the path God chose for her. And therefore, with all the joy in my heart, I can tell you that in a few hours we will be able to hug her here in Oslo after 16 months,' she said at the city hall of the Norwegian capital. At the same time, she pointed out that while she waits for that moment to hug and kiss her after two years, she thinks 'of the other daughters and sons who today will not be able to see their mothers.' 'Of course that contributes, but because you are who you are,' she said. 'Cori my life, we miss you very much, but we know that you are here a little in the soul of each one of us,' she added, looking at the international television cameras.