Saturday, October 11, 2025 - Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, has dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to the people of Venezuela and US President Donald Trump, for his 'decisive support' for her country's pro-democracy movement.
'I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela
and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!' she wrote on X.
'We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than
ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples
of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal
allies to achieve Freedom and democracy,' she added.
Machado has been in hiding in Venezuela for the past year
since the elections that authoritarian leftist President Nicolas Maduro is
accused of stealing.
The politician, who was barred from contesting the election,
campaigned instead for her stand-in, ex-diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, seen
by much of the international community as the rightful winner.
The Nobel Committee cited her 'tireless work promoting
democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a
just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.'
Machado, 58, has backed Trump's ongoing campaign of military
pressure on Maduro, including a major US naval deployment near Venezuela, as a
'necessary measure' towards a democratic transition in Venezuela.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, shared
Machado's post dedicating her Nobel to Trump on her X account.
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