{"id":487306,"date":"2025-10-18T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/maria-corina-machado-thanks-luis-abinader-for-his-words-after-receiving-the-2025-nobel-peace-prize\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:55:11","slug":"maria-corina-machado-thanks-luis-abinader-for-his-words-after-receiving-the-2025-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/maria-corina-machado-thanks-luis-abinader-for-his-words-after-receiving-the-2025-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar\u00eda Corina Machado thanks Luis Abinader for his words after receiving the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Venezuela.<\/strong> \u2013 Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado responded with an emotional message to President <strong>Luis Abinader<\/strong>, who publicly congratulated her for being awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, a recognition that celebrates her long career in the defense of democracy and human rights in Venezuela.\n\nMachado, leader of the Venezuelan democratic opposition, responded with a message of gratitude towards Abinader and of hope for her country.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Dear President Abinader, thank you for your generous and heartfelt words. The Venezuelan people have fought for 26 years with courage, intelligence, resilience, and love to establish democracy and live in freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/presidente-abinader-felicita-a-maria-corina-machado-por-el-nobel-de-la-paz-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Abinader congratulates Mar\u00eda Corina Machado for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nIn her statement, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate recalled the difficult decades that Venezuela has gone through, marked by repression and exile:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It has been many years of darkness and pain: thousands of fellow prisoners, disappeared, tortured and murdered; millions have been forced to leave their country, and millions live today in the cruelest poverty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nMachado stated that this history of suffering has also been a source of national unity and moral strength:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This story of struggle, sacrifice, and profound learnings has united us as a nation around shared values and aspirations, preparing us for this moment. United, we are going to build a prosperous, safe, and luminous nation to which our children will return and feel proud to be Venezuelans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nFinally, the Venezuelan leader highlighted the historical ties between both countries:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Dominican Republic and Venezuela share a legacy of affection and democratic solidarity that is reaffirmed with their enormous support for the Venezuelan people in these historic hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe recognition of Mar\u00eda Corina Machado with the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been interpreted by international analysts as support for the Venezuelan people&#8217;s effort to regain democracy, and a distinction that once again places Venezuela at the center of the global debate on freedom, human rights, and justice.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Querido Presidente Abinader,<br><br>Gracias por sus generosas y sentidas palabras. El pueblo venezolano ha luchado durante 26 a\u00f1os con coraje, inteligencia, resiliencia y amor para instaurar la democracia y vivir en Libertad.<br><br>Han sido muchos a\u00f1os de oscuridad y dolor: miles de\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3hj4eu0qYw\">https:\/\/t.co\/3hj4eu0qYw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mar\u00eda Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MariaCorinaYA\/status\/1979617188693569817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela. \u2013 Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado responded with an emotional message to President Luis Abinader, who publicly congratulated her for being awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, a recognition that celebrates her long career in the defense of democracy and human rights in Venezuela. 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