Caracas.- Venezuelan
opposition leader María Corina Machado said this Sunday that the «next prize will be the freedom» of her country, after dedicating to her compatriots the
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 that was awarded to her last Friday.
In a video she shared on social media, the former congresswoman expressed that
the award is “for those who never give up” and “choose freedom as the path to peace, when everything pushes them towards hatred.”
It was also dedicated to “those who resist without hatred, those who endure hunger, fear, and silence, but never stop believing.”
“To the mothers who are still waiting for their children. To those who fight tirelessly, to those who march with faith. This award is (…) for you, it’s for me, it’s for everyone,” he added in the video.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, based in Oslo, announced on Friday that Machado is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for her fight to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
A “Boost” for Venezuela’s Democracy
The former congresswoman, who also dedicated the award to the U.S. President,
Donald Trump, for his support of the opposition’s cause, stated that the greatest tribute to
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish magnate who created the Nobel Peace Prize, will be to guarantee the “transition to democracy” in Venezuela.
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In that sense, the award was pointed out as “a unique boost that injects energy and confidence in Venezuelans, both inside and outside the country, to complete” the task of “conquering freedom” in the nation, where the majority opposition maintains that there was “fraud” in the 2024 presidential elections, in which the electoral body proclaimed the victory of Nicolás Maduro.
