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Nobel Peace Prize Winner On Friday, just days before he won the prestigious award in Norway, he praised Trump as a “visionary.”
Maria Corina Machado, a conservative politician VenezuelaAccording to the Nobel Committee, he was awarded the prize for his work in “promoting democratic rights”.
Machado is opposition leader in his country And in the wake of Nicolas Maduro’s recent election victory they have been forced into hiding.
Maduro has long been accused by global monitors of breaking human rights laws Amnesty InternationalWhich suggested that the allegations of torture and murder were perpetrated by the current Venezuelan government.
Since Trump’s re-election, Machado has been a vocal supporter of the US president, calling him “the biggest opportunity we have ever had” for regime change. Venezuela,
He also described the President as a “visionary”.
In September, US forces attacked a Venezuelan speedboat carrying 11 people. The army claimed that the boat was carrying drug smugglers, but Venezuela insists only fishermen were on board,
tension between Venezuela And the US escalated after the attack, but Machado insisted sunday times That Trump was right to bomb the boat.
“I fully support their strategy,” Machado said. “And I say on behalf of the Venezuelan people that we are very grateful. I think this is the right thing to do. It’s courageous. It’s visionary.”
Trump, on the other hand, has claimed that he is “not talking” about regime change in Venezuela.
Machado has claimed that he is in close contact with Trump’s Secretary of State and Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban refugees.
America has sent aircraft along with warships submarine assistance to the caribbean Rubio described it as an “anti-drug crackdown”.
maduro, On the other hand, he says that the US is using the idea of the war on drugs to overthrow his government.
Machado led his opposition coalition to victory in last year’s presidential elections, in which his chosen candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, won by a landslide.
However, González was barred from taking office after Maduro declared victory despite the democratic result.
There was an increasingly brutal crackdown on protesters, with thousands arrested and at least 25 killed.
“We risked everything – our families, our lives, everything,” Machado said. “We won the elections with an overwhelming majority and we have the mandate.
“The Venezuelan people have desperately asked for real, strong support. Finally, it is reaching us.”
Machado’s continued efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela resulted in him being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 October. He won despite Trump campaigning for months for the award.
The US president has claimed to have ended seven wars, including conflicts between Israel and Iran as well as Thailand and Cambodia.
However, Trump claimed that he ended the war between Serbia and Kosovo, despite there being no fighting between the two countries. Although he did not technically end the war between Serbia and Kosovo, he did broker an economic agreement in 2020 between the two countries, which have long been at loggerheads politically.
Now, Machado has called on the US to apply even more pressure Maduro’s governmentWhich he has claimed is close to collapsing.
Earlier this year, he applauded Trump’s decision to revoke licenses allowing energy companies to operate in petrostate Venezuela.
“This can undermine a criminal system, and in the case of the Maduro regime the flow of cash comes from absolutely illegal sources linked to drug trafficking, oil, gold and minerals smuggling, money laundering, and then the income allowed from oil licenses,” Machado explained. politico“As a result, what happened is a clear statement from the Trump administration about the threat Venezuela poses.”