María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate, undertook a perilous secret sea escape from Venezuela to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo.The dramatic journey, dubbed "Operation Golden Dynamite" and led by Bryan Stern of Grey Bull Rescue, involved disguises, navigating ten military checkpoints, and facing severe weather that left her and her crew adrift for three hours.Machado, who acknowledged U.S. government support and feared for her life during the escape, arrived in Oslo late at night, missing the ceremony but expressing gratitude and belief in a free
Venezuela.