“I am very sad and very sorry to tell you that I won’t be able to arrive in time for the ceremony. But I will be in Oslo. I’m on my way to Oslo right now.” “During the past 16 months in clandestinity, we have built new networks of civic pressure and disciplined disobedience, preparing for Venezuela’s orderly transition to democracy. What we Venezuelans can offer the world is the lesson, forged through this long and difficult journey, that to have democracy, we must be willing to fight for freedom.”