"By giving the award to Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has effectively crowned Trump's vision of power and intervention as peace'. Although the White House immediately put the Nobel Committee on notice for putting politics over peace when it failed to deliver the peace prize to United States President Donald Trump, the administration had to be pleased that the award went to Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado."
"Trump and Machado are cut from the same right-wing authoritarian cloth, which in part explains why the president quickly congratulated her, and why Machado, in turn, dedicated her award to him. As a leader of Venezuela's hardline right-wing opposition, Machado has been committed to a brand of peace that has sought to undermine Venezuelan democracy and sovereignty for more than a quarter of a century. In 2002, she helped orchestrate a coup against Hugo Chavez, the democratically elected president at the time."
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado, aligning the prize with a vision of power and intervention favored by US President Donald Trump. Trump quickly congratulated Machado, who dedicated the award to him. Machado has led Venezuela's hardline right-wing opposition for decades, participating in a 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez and later building tactics aimed at creating political and economic chaos to restore oligarchic rule. These tactics include mobilising violent mobs, targeting opponents, wrecking the economy, and terrorising populations. Machado publicly supported Israeli actions in Gaza and solicited military strikes on Venezuela. Western media and political elites cultivated her freedom-fighter image, and the prize reinforced that portrayal.
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