Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 awarded to Maria Corina Machado for working toward democracy in Venezuela; White House issues statement

[essentialsaltes]

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado​

for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace – to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.

Ms Machado has been a key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided – an opposition that found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government. This is precisely what lies at the heart of democracy: our shared willingness to defend the principles of popular rule, even though we disagree. At a time when democracy is under threat, it is more important than ever to defend this common ground.

Venezuela has evolved from a relatively democratic and prosperous country to a brutal, authoritarian state that is now suffering a humanitarian and economic crisis. Most Venezuelans live in deep poverty, even as the few at the top enrich themselves. The violent machinery of the state is directed against the country’s own citizens. Nearly 8 million people have left the country. The opposition has been systematically suppressed by means of election rigging, legal prosecution and imprisonment.

Ahead of the election of 2024, Ms Machado was the opposition’s presidential candidate, but the regime blocked her candidacy. She then backed the representative of a different party, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, in the election. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers mobilised across political divides. They were trained as election observers to ensure a transparent and fair election. Despite the risk of harassment, arrest and torture, citizens across the country held watch over the polling stations. They made sure the final tallies were documented before the regime could destroy ballots and lie about the outcome.

The efforts of the collective opposition, both before and during the election, were innovative and brave, peaceful and democratic. The opposition received international support when its leaders publicised the vote counts that had been collected from the country’s election districts, showing that the opposition had won by a clear margin. But the regime refused to accept the election result, and clung to power.

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White House says Nobel Committee places 'politics over peace'​

The White House on Friday criticised the Nobel Prize committee's decision to award the peace prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader instead of U.S. President Donald Trump.

"President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will," White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a post on X.

"The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace."

 

[seeking.IAM]

It's a shame we can all just count on POTUS criticizing the choice, implying he is more deserving, and being an ungracious loser. This is the character of the man so many seem to admire. Sigh.

 

[essentialsaltes]

He still doesn't seem to have truthed about it yet, but has posted a half dozen fawning articles suggesting he should win it.

 

[wing2000]

...this would be a fitting consolation prize:

From the Nobel Committee for Human Catastrophe Studies
Oslo, Norway

The Nobel Committee for Human Catastrophe Studies has the dubious honor of confirming the 47th President of the United States, Donald John Trump, as the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize for Hubris — the only Nobel distinction awarded not for contributions to humanity, but for what happens when one man decides he is humanity.

Trump Joins the Ranks of Nobel Laureates

For contributions so bold, the truth never stood a chance.

open.substack.com

 

[wing2000]

...it will be interesting to see how Trump responds. It's no secret that Marco Rubio wants the regime change in Venezuela....and apparently, the peace prize recipient has been communicating with the Trump admistration:

An adviser to María Corina Machado told The New York Times last month that leaders of her opposition movement have been speaking to the Trump administration about how to counter Nicolás Maduro and crime organizations in Venezuela. Pedro Urruchurtu, the adviser, said that the opposition had developed a plan for the first 100 hours after Maduro’s ouster that would involve a transfer of power to Edmundo González, whom Machado backed in the race for president against Maduro last year. International election experts say Maduro committed election fraud to hold onto power, and that González appeared to have won the election.

“What we’re talking about is an operation to dismantle a criminal structure,” Urruchurtu said, adding: “It has to be done with the use of force, because otherwise it wouldn’t be possible to defeat a regime like the one we’re facing.” The opposition’s plans include persuading other governments to take diplomatic, financial, intelligence and law enforcement actions, he said. Another senior member of the opposition said they were speaking to multiple U.S. agencies. Last May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with five members of the opposition after they fled Caracas in what Rubio called a “precise operation.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/10/world/nobel-peace-prize/d2ccf21d-b5d9-5da8-954b-4bd5b76e0c94?smid=url-share

 

[Maria Billingsley]

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado​

for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace – to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.

Ms Machado has been a key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided – an opposition that found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government. This is precisely what lies at the heart of democracy: our shared willingness to defend the principles of popular rule, even though we disagree. At a time when democracy is under threat, it is more important than ever to defend this common ground.

Venezuela has evolved from a relatively democratic and prosperous country to a brutal, authoritarian state that is now suffering a humanitarian and economic crisis. Most Venezuelans live in deep poverty, even as the few at the top enrich themselves. The violent machinery of the state is directed against the country’s own citizens. Nearly 8 million people have left the country. The opposition has been systematically suppressed by means of election rigging, legal prosecution and imprisonment.

Ahead of the election of 2024, Ms Machado was the opposition’s presidential candidate, but the regime blocked her candidacy. She then backed the representative of a different party, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, in the election. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers mobilised across political divides. They were trained as election observers to ensure a transparent and fair election. Despite the risk of harassment, arrest and torture, citizens across the country held watch over the polling stations. They made sure the final tallies were documented before the regime could destroy ballots and lie about the outcome.

The efforts of the collective opposition, both before and during the election, were innovative and brave, peaceful and democratic. The opposition received international support when its leaders publicised the vote counts that had been collected from the country’s election districts, showing that the opposition had won by a clear margin. But the regime refused to accept the election result, and clung to power.

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White House says Nobel Committee places 'politics over peace'​

The White House on Friday criticised the Nobel Prize committee's decision to award the peace prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader instead of U.S. President Donald Trump.

"President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will," White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a post on X.

"The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace."

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado!

Now let's look at the requirements for receiving a Nobel Peace Prize to counter the Whitehouse criticism.

The Core Criteria (from Alfred Nobel's Will)

* The prize should go to the person or organization who "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."


Interpretation from the Committee:
* Promoting democracy and human rights. No
* Work toward arms control and disarmament. No
* Peace negotiation. Yes, if Israel and Hamas follow through.
* Efforts to create a more organized and peaceful world. No

In red is my personal opinion on whether or not the sitting President actually meets the criteria to deserve the Prize, realizing everyone has their own interpretation.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[essentialsaltes]

He knows who his real friends are!

 

[essentialsaltes]

...it will be interesting to see how Trump responds. It's no secret that Marco Rubio wants the regime change in Venezuela....and apparently, the peace prize recipient has been communicating with the Trump admistration:

Machado tries to prevent more ketchup from hitting the walls of the White House.

 

[wing2000]

Machado tries to prevent more ketchup from hitting the walls of the White House.

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Smart lady. Standby for the 82nd Airborne activiation....

 

[keith99]

One person working to establish democracy, one person working to destroy democracy.

Good on the Nobel committee for picking the one who supports democracy.

 

[Servus]

He still doesn't seem to have truthed about it yet, but has posted a half dozen fawning articles suggesting he should win it.

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Lol I was going to make a joke about that.

 

[Hans Blaster]

He knows who his real friends are!

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They were both winners of the 2020 Ig Nobel Prize in Medical Education.

 

[essentialsaltes]

[Rep. Buddy] Carter introduces resolution in support of President Trump Winning the Nobel Peace Prize, will file discharge petition to force a vote​

Original Cosponsors of the resolution include: Reps. Randy Weber (R-TX), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), and María Elvira Salazar (R-FL).

Read the full resolution here.