In the last hours, it was learned that the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize. In the midst of so many emotions, the reaction he had when he heard the news was revealed.
In a telephone conversation with Edmundo González Urrutia, who replaced her as a candidate in the presidential elections after her political disqualification, Machado said: “I’m shocked!”
“We are in shock with joy“, González responded, in exile almost a year ago after an arrest warrant against him. “What is this pod? “I can’t believe it,” the 58-year-old leader said again, who is in hiding in Venezuela
“Very well-deserved recognition of the long struggle of a woman and an entire people for our freedom and democracy,” González celebrated in a message on the social network
The Nobel Peace Prize went to María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader
The Academy awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, based in Oslo, highlighted his tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the people of Venezuela and his fight to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
“For the last year, Machado was forced to live in hiding. Despite serious threats to her life, she remained in her country, a decision that inspired millions of people. When authoritarians take power, it is essential to recognize the brave defenders of freedom who stand up and resist,” the Committee stressed.
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to “a brave and committed defender of peace, a woman who keeps the flame of democracy alive in the midst of growing darkness,” Jørgen Watne Frydnes, president of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced at the reading of the ruling.
Why they gave the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado
Machado demonstrated that the tools of democracy are also those of peace, the Committee stressed, adding that the winner embodies the hope of a different future, in which the fundamental rights of citizens are protected and their voices are heard.
The Committee highlighted Machado as one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Latin America in recent times. And he underlined his key and unifying role in a political opposition that was once deeply divided, an opposition that found common ground in demanding free elections and representative government.
Source: Ambito
