(t(this online editorial team) «Nicolas Maduro’s time is up, but he can still leave power peacefully», declared Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, in an interview from her hiding place.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado: «Maduro’s time is up»
As a flotilla of US gunboats gathered off the coast of Venezuela, the Venezuelan opposition leader explained in an interview with AFP that Maduro “currently has the opportunity to move towards a peaceful transition”. He could also get guarantees for himself if he left power peacefully. On the contrary, “If he continues to resist, the consequences will be entirely his responsibility,” he warned, adding that in any case “with or without negotiation, he will leave power.”
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Machado said she was still shocked by the Nobel news. “Was one of the biggest surprises of my life and I must admit that even today, three days later, I’m still thinking about it.” He also admitted that he hoped to use the Prize, and growing pressure from the United States, to overthrow a government that has been in power for more than a quarter of a century. Meanwhile, among the first reactions from Caracas was the closure of the Venezuelan embassy in Norway.
However, the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Machado has raised some doubts among some international observers: his victory in fact appears to be a rare case of a Nobel Peace Prize that it exacerbates a conflict, rather than calming it. In fact, Machado has been trying to organize a coup d’état in his country for years, also asking for armed intervention by the USA. She recently signed on to the international far-right platform Vox and is a vocal supporter of Milei. The award to her also represents, according to many, a victory for Trumpism in its war against the communist dictatorships still present on the American continent.
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