U.S. Military and Security

María Corina Machado — who resurfaced in Oslo after 11 months in hiding while her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize — said she dedicated the prize to President Trump, credited his actions with weakening Maduro, and plans to return to Venezuela when security allows, but declined to provide details about her extraction to protect those who helped. U.S. veterans led by Bryan Stern say a clandestine “Operation Golden Dynamite” sea exfiltration — involving small boats, dangerous seas, deception measures and a transit through a Caribbean island before a private flight to Oslo — carried her out, though reports differ on the extent of U.S. government involvement.