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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado unexpectedly dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump on Friday, recognizing his involvement in the Gaza peace efforts and his backing of Venezuela’s push for democracy.
Machado posted on X: “I am dedicating this award to the people of Venezuela who are suffering and to President Trump for his strong support of our cause!” She emphasized: “We are close to victory, and today more than ever, we rely on President Trump, the U.S. citizens, Latin Americans, and democratic nations worldwide as key allies to secure freedom and democracy.”
This offer of dedication followed a White House statement criticizing the Nobel Committee, describing Machado’s nomination as “politics over peace,” asserting that “the Nobel Committee has demonstrated their priority for politics over genuine peace.”
The announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize arrived during a significant geopolitical moment—the day after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which President Trump proposed last month.
Machado, 58, has long been a supporter of Trump’s aggressive stance against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, calling the US military’s naval deployment near Venezuela a “necessary step” towards a democratic transition in her country.
The Nobel Committee praised Machado for her “persistent fight for democratic rights for the Venezuelan people and her efforts to facilitate a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
She has been in hiding for more than a year following Venezuela’s controversial election, widely regarded as manipulated in favor of Maduro by international observers.
Since she was unable to run for president, Machado endorsed former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, recognized by most of the international community as the legitimate winner of last year’s election.
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