After 11 months in hiding, Venezuelan opposition icon Maria Corina Machado has stunned the world by reappearing in Oslo — but the path she took to get there is more unbelievable than her re-emergence. Disguises, midnight movements, ten military checkpoints, a dangerous ocean sprint, and U.S. warplanes circling overhead: newly surfaced details reveal an escape operation. As Machado prepares to confront Maduro from abroad, Caracas is raging and Washington is watching.