María Corina Machado has held two news conferences in Oslo, Norway, telling journalists that it was her “duty” to receive the prize and take it back to Venezuela.

“We’re going to show the world that we do not only deserve this Nobel Prize, but that this generation will outlast what is going on,” she added.

Machado, who has been in hiding in her home country, also said that she received “support from the United States government” to travel to Norway, declining to elaborate.

“I cannot give details, because these are people who could be harmed,” Machado said of those who aided her travel.

“Certainly, the regime would have done everything to prevent me from coming. They did not know where I was hiding in Venezuela, so it was hard for them to stop me.”

Asked for her reaction to the US seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela yesterday, Machado said she supports global actions to cut off sources of revenue flowing to Venezuela’s oppressive government.

“They use those resources to repress and persecute our people,” she said.

Machado added that she believes US President Donald Trump’s actions have been “decisive” in weakening the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

“The regime previously thought that they could do anything, anything. They felt they had absolute impunity,” Machado said. “Now, they start to understand that this is serious and the world is really watching.”

The opposition leader also said that she has received “quite a few invitations” to meetings during her trip to Norway.

“I’ll be back in Venezuela, I have no doubt,” she added.