{"id":27191,"date":"2025-10-10T11:32:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=27191"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:32:59","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-goes-to-maria-corina-machado-despite-trump-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=27191","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, Despite Trump Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tVenezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning, a blow to President Donald Trump, who has been heavily campaigning to receive the honor. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Machado was given the prize for \u201cher 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the ceremony in Oslo, Norwegian Nobel committee chair J\u00f8rgen Watne Frydnes praised Machado as a \u201cbrave and committed champion of peace\u201d who \u201ckeeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is precisely what lies at the heart of democracy, our shared willingness to defend the principles of popular rule, even though we disagree,\u201d Frydnes said. \u201cAt a time when democracy is under threat, it is more important than ever to defend this common ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize<\/a> to Maria Corina Machado 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\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Zgth8KNJk9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tMachado has been working tirelessly as a politician in Venezuela for decades, and is known for fighting for free elections. She has lived in hiding for the past year due to threats against her life. The committed noted, \u201cWhen authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe responded to the honor in a video shared posted to the X account owned by Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez, who replaced her as the presidential candidate when she was barred from running. In the video, Machado tells Gonz\u00e1lez on speaker phone that she is in \u201cshock\u201d\u00a0over the announcement. \u201cWe\u2019re shocked with joy,\u201d replies Gonz\u00e1lez, who is currently in exile. Machado adds, \u201cWhat is this? I can\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a1Nuestra querida Maria Corina Machado, galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz 2025! Merecid\u00edsimo reconocimiento a la larga lucha de una mujer y de todo un pueblo por nuestra libertad y democracia. \u00a1La primer Nobel de Venezuela! \u00a1Enhorabuena @mariacorinaya<\/a>, Venezuela ser\u00e1\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/jpmrUEujtL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez (@EdmundoGU) October 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tDuring this morning\u2019s announcement, a reporter asked Frydnes about Trump\u2019s demand to receive the award himself. Frydnes said the committee receives thousands of campaign and nomination letters every year, adding that they make the final decision in a room \u201cfilled with both courage and integrity.\u201d He said they decide based on \u201cwork and the will of Alfred Nobel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tTrump has been outspoken about believing he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Even as he sets the military on his own citizens and brutalizes migrant communities, he has seized on the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to crown himself a peacemaker. At the White House on Thursday, Trump told reporters that he had \u201cmade seven deals and now it\u2019s eight.\u201d The assertion was a variation on the president\u2019s recent claims that during his current nine months in office, he \u201cended\u201d seven wars. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c[I] solved the wars, one going 31 years, one going 34 years, one going 35 years, one going ten years. I made seven deals. This would be number eight,\u201d he said Thursday, adding that former President Barack Obama had received the prize, \u201cFor doing nothing. Didn\u2019t even know what he got it for. \u2026 My election was a much more important election.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the UN General Assembly last month, the president said that \u201ceveryone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMany of Trump\u2019s supporters campaigned for the president to be the next recipient of the prize. \u201cGive [Trump]\u00a0the Nobel Peace Prize \u2013 he deserves it!,\u201d the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on X.\u00a0The official White House X account posted a photo of Trump with the caption \u201cTHE PEACE PRESIDENT.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Trump administration has notably been attacking Venezuelan citizens in recent months. The president has been using false information to justify military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean near the country. After destroying on of these boats, Trump shared an impossible claim on Truth Social, writing, \u201cA boat loaded with enough drugs to kill 25 TO 50 THOUSAND PEOPLE was stopped, early this morning off the Coast of Venezuela, from entering American Territory.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\n\tTrump has yet to respond to the announcement from the Norwegian Nobel Committee. As recently as five hours before the ceremony, the president was sharing links on Truth Social promoting himself for the win. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Nobel Peace Prize can be given to an individual or an organization. Last year, the Japanese atomic bomb survivor movement Nihon Hidankyo won the prize. Past winners include Nelson Mandela, Chinese rights activist Liu Xiaobo, the EU, and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. <\/p>\n