Nobel Peace Prize winner's daughter accepts award on her behalf8 hours ago Share Save Vanessa Buschschlüter Latin America editor, BBC News Online Share SaveMaría Corina Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize on her behalfA daughter of María Corina Machado, winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has said her mother is determined to live in a free Venezuela and will "never give up" as she accepted her mother's award in Oslo. Ana Corina Sosa accepted the award on her behalf and delivered a lecture written by her mother. The Nobel Institute awarded Machado the prize for "her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy" in Venezuela. Her Nobel Peace Prize win galvanised supporters and triggered immediate speculation as to whether she would be able to travel to Oslo. EPA Siblings Ana Corina Sosa and Ricardo Sosa Machado watched from a balcony as a procession in honour of their mother passed by the Grand Hotel in Oslo