In Oslo, Norway, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the right-wing, reactionary Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, but she did not attend the ceremony. Her daughter accepted the prize on her behalf.
Ahead of the ceremony, Machado claimed she was heading to Oslo but would not arrive in time for the event.
One political analyst in Havana said: “Of course she missed the event. Maria Corina Machado is said to be hiding in what used to be the U.S. Embassy ( now abandoned ) in Caracas. She’s ‘waiting in the wings.’ She is placing her bets ( and praying real hard ) that she’ll be imposed… oops! — I mean ‘democratically-elected’ — as the next president of a “free” Venezuela.”
On Tuesday night, thousands of protesters marched in Oslo to condemn the selection of Machado, who has supported Trump’s threats against the Venezuelan government, even calling for a direct U.S. military intervention and the bombing of her own country.
In October, she dedicated the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump, who also had his eyes on the prize and was visibly disappointed when it was taken out from under him.
But that’s okay. The Donald is thinking that the real ‘prize’ will be getting Maria Corina Machado in a position of power to hand over all of Venezuela’s oil wealth to the United States.
[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW and NEWS AGENCIES ]
