"The president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, one of the most prominent leaders of Chavismo (Venezuela's ruling structure), criticized the Norwegian Nobel Institute on Tuesday for awarding the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize, arguing that the institution is honoring a person who calls for military action against Venezuela and celebrates the killing of human beings in the Caribbean."
"Poor peace, poor Nobel, Rodriguez said, making a particular effort to strip Machado of the political weight and moral prestige of the award. Rodriguez railed against the hypocrisy of peace organizations and reproached the Nobel Institute for having previously recognized Winston Churchill with the Nobel Prize in Literature for his memoirs, or former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger with the Nobel Peace Prize."
Jorge Rodriguez publicly condemned the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado, accusing her of advocating military action against Venezuela and celebrating killings in the Caribbean. Rodriguez called the prize morally stripped and accused peace organizations and the Nobel Institute of hypocrisy, citing past laureates such as Winston Churchill and Henry Kissinger. PSUV lawmakers began discussing withdrawal from the Rome Statute, which would remove Venezuela from International Criminal Court jurisdiction. The Maduro regime faces multiple international human rights accusations. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello called for a Chavista mobilization in Caracas to coincide with the Nobel ceremony and commemorate the Battle of Santa Ines.
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