The winner of the Nobel Peace Award Maria Corina Macado’s opposition towards President Nicolás Madur in Venezuela is in line with his own attitude of Donald Trump’s administration in Venezuela and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio previously appreciated it as “resistance, perseverance and patriotism”.
Many people celebrated the victory of the Nobel Peace Prize for Maria Machado, but also raised criticism and fears, especially among the Venezuela, who faced deportation in the United States.
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Despite her recognition of democracy in Venezuela, critics perceive Macado’s close harmonization with Trump’s hard policy in the country.
After her victory, Nobel’s victory, Machado, published X and donated a prize “suffering from people in Venezuela and President Trump for his decisive support for our affairs”, caused another debate on the political consequences of her recognition.
“He’s in the American camp”: What do the Venezuelans think of Machad?
Frank Carreño, former President of the Venezuelan US Chamber of Commerce, who lived in Doral, known as “Little Venezuela”, was pleased for 18 years by the news that Machado won the Nobel Prize, but warned that Machado would not push Trump to protect Venezuelans living in the US.
“He sees the government of the United States as part of his strategy to restore democracy to Venezuela,” the Venezuelan American said. “He’s in the camp, not in this camp.”
José Antonio Colina, a Venezuelan retired military officer who arrived at the South Florida in 2003, said the Nobel Prize was a recognition of Macado’s struggle for democracy and freedom in Venezuela.
“We hope that the price can provide a stimulus or strength to remove Nicolas Madura from power,” said Colina, refugee in the US.
Machado Pens Israel’s Netanyahu for “Mode Change”
Critics stressed that the previous support of the Israel bomber campaign in Gaza and its calls for foreign intervention to the overthrow of the Venezuela government.
In 2018, Machado wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and asked for his help in making a “change” against the democratically elected Venezuela administration.
Machado promised “Strongy Support of Israel and moved the embassy to Jerusalem”.
See letter here:
Machado’s letter to Netanyahu.
While Maria Corina Machado expressed solidarity with Israel after October 7, 2023, the attack on Hamas explicitly did not speak the support of the killing of the Palestinians.
Machado’s contribution on the Israel-Gaza war.
Over the years, her critics have pointed out a number of public statements that emphasize its strong harmonization with Netanyahu.
In one post on X Machado, he said, “The fight of Venezuela is the fight of Israel.”
Over the last decade, millions of Venezuelans have been forced to escape from their country in the middle of the ongoing economic and political unrest. According to UNHCR High Commissioner (UNHCR), more than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left since 2014, which meant the largest mass exodus in the recent history of Latin America.
While most settled across America, more than 1 million reached the United States.
Who is Machado? A politician reversed engineer
Maria Corina Machado, an industrial engineer and daughter of Venezuelan steel magnate, began to question the ruling side of the country in 2004.
That year, she co -founded the NGO Súmate, which sought a national referendum to remember the then President Hugo Chávez. Although the effort eventually failed, Machado and other Súmate leaders were later accused of plot.
After meeting the then President George W. Bush in an oval office, she also attracted the anger of Chávez and his allies, a step that was considered a provocative look at Bush as an enemy opponent.
Macado’s full entry into politics came in 2010, when she was elected to Venezuel’s National Assembly and received more votes than any legislative candidate in the country’s history at that time.
Of her position in parliament, she perfectly confronted Chávez during his speech and accused him of “theft” over his policy of expropriation of private enterprises.
In the next nine years, Maria Corina Machado maintained a relatively low profile, although she continued to support Maduro initiatives, supported election boycott and criticized the opposition leader for dealing with the government.
The Venezuela struggle is the struggle of Israel.
We hope that the price can provide an impulse or strength to remove Nicolas Madura from power.
Her political comeback came when she won the presidential primary opposition according to landslide and secured more than 90% of the votes, a unifying moment for a broken opposition, as emphasized by the Nobel Committee.
Meanwhile, the opposition figure González fled to Spain after facing arrests, and Machado did not appear in public since January, when she participated in protests against the planned sketch of President Madur.
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