Maria Corina Machado, the laureate of the Nobel for Peace, dedicates the prize of the Venezuelan People and Donald Trump
Maria Corina Machado Photo: Juan Barreto / AFP / Profimedia
The Venezuelan opposition Maria Corina Machado, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, dedicated the distinction of the Venezuelan people and US President Donald Trump, whose support said that she matters to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, AFP reports.
“I dedicate this prize to the suffering of Venezuela and President (Donald) Trump for his decisive support for our cause!”, Machado wrote in an English message on the social network X.
This Recognition of the Struggle of All Venezuelans is a boost to conclude Our Task: to conquer freedom.
We have on the Threshold of Victory and Today, More than Ever, We Count on President Trump, The People of the United States, The People of Latin America, and the Democratic…
– María Corina Machado (@mariacorinaya) October 10, 2025
In a simultaneous message on X, but in Spanish, the opposition said that the prize is a “impulse” for “conquering the freedom of the country” and that it matters on Trump's support, which sent war ships off the coast of Venezuela.
“This immense recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is an impulse to fulfill our mission: the conquest of freedom. We are on the verge of victory, and today, more than ever, we count President Trump (…) Venezuela will be free!”, She wrote.
The English message in which Machado dedicated the prize received to the US president was re-posted by the White House spokesman, Karoline Leavitt, Agerpres reports.
Earlier Friday, the Communication Director of the White House, Steven Cheung, wrote that, by awarding the peace prize to Machado and not Trump, the Nobel committee put “the policy above”.
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Washington sent eight war vessels at the beginning of September and a nuclear propulsion submarine off the coasts of Venezuela.
So far, the Trump administration has hit the sea and destroyed at least four boats that it has presented as drug dealers, the balance of the dead being at least 21. Numerous average and sources close to American power talk about imminent blows on Venezuelan territory.
The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, denounced an “armed aggression”, accusing the US of using the pretext of drug trafficking “to impose a change of regime” and to put his hand on the country's oil reserves, among the largest in the world.
Maduro claims that Venezuela is targeted by the US with “eight military ships with 1,200 missiles”. “The biggest threat seen on the continent in the last 100 years”
