Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters that she presented President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize during their meeting.
Machado fled Venezuela in December to collect her prize.
From Fox News:
“I presented the president of the United States the medal … the Nobel Peace Prize, and I told him, ‘Listen to this, 200 years ago, General Lafayette gave Simón Bolívar a medal with George Washington’s face on it,” Machado said. “He kept that medal for the rest of his life. Actually, when you see his portraits, you can see the medal.”She said Lafayette gave the medal to Bolívar as a symbol of the partnership between the people of the U.S. and the people of Venezuela and their shared fight for freedom against tyranny.”Two hundred years in history, the people of Bolívar are giving back the heir of Washington, a medal, in this case the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize, as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom,” Machado said.
It’s all symbolism because the Nobel Institute shot down any idea of Machado transferring or sharing her prize with Trump.
“Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others,” said the institute, according to Fox News. “The decision is final and stands for all time.”
The institute awarded Machado the prize “for 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 has been an outspoken critic of the socialist regimes in Venezuela since 1998.
Nicolas Maduro’s regime ousted Machado from the National Assembly in 2014.
The regime banned Machado from running for president in 2024. She supported candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Of course, Maduro won.
It didn’t last long as we all know.
Machado is ecstatic that Trump ousted and captured Nicolas Maduro.
“Due to [Maduro’s] rejection of a negotiated exit, the U.S. government has fulfilled its promise to uphold the law,” stated Machado. “We have fought for years, given everything, and it has been worth it.”
Machado had told Hannity she wanted to hand the prize to Trump in person.
“I certainly would love to be able to personally tell him that we believe — the Venezuelan people, because this is a prize of the Venezuelan people — certainly want to give it to him and share it with him,” Machado said last Tuesday. “What he has done is historic. It’s a huge step toward a democratic transition.”
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