“Venezuelan oppositionist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, January 15.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Maria Corina Machado during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela on January 9, 2025. Photo: Getty Images/Jesus Vargas Source: CNN, citing a senior White House official
Details: Shortly after the US operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Trump said that Machado would have a hard time governing Venezuela because he lacked the support and respect of the people.
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Maduro’s vice-president, Delsey Rodríguez, currently serves as the country’s president.
However, according to CNN, Machado has what Trump has long sought – the Nobel Peace Prize.
Machado offered to give her award to the US president, and he said he would be “honored” to receive it, although the Norwegian Nobel Institute said the award cannot be transferred.
Trump did not give a direct answer when asked Friday if, after receiving the Machado award, he would reconsider his views on her role in Venezuela.
“I have to talk to her. I think it’s very good that she wants to join,” Trump told CNN.
“I can’t think of anyone in history who deserves the Nobel Prize more than me. And I don’t want to brag, but no one else stopped wars,” he added.
Last week, Trump announced that he was canceling the second wave of attacks on Venezuela in view of the country’s cooperation with the United States and the release of political prisoners.
Later on Friday, during a meeting with oil company executives, he called Venezuela an ally “for the time being” and reiterated that he did not see the need for a second attack.
What preceded:
- Earlier, the media reported that Trump refused to support the leader of Venezuela’s democratic opposition, María Corina Machado, in particular because of her decision to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
- The media also wrote that the CIA advised Trump to support Maduro’s ally instead of the opposition in Venezuela.
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