María Corina Machado: Nobel Peace Prize winner's daughter accepts award on her behalf

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, is reportedly on her way to Oslo.

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The Venezuelan opposition leader was "safe" and will travel to Oslo, the Nobel Institute said, but was unable to make the awards ceremony scheduled for 12:00 GMT on Wednesday.

Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, accepted the award on her mother's behalf and delivered a lecture written by her at the ceremony in Oslo's City Hall.

The Nobel Institute awarded Machado the prize for "her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy" in Venezuela.

The opposition leader's daughter started off her speech by speaking of the personal impact of not being able to see her mother for two years.