Democracies must be prepared to fight for freedom in order to survive, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said on Wednesday, in a speech delivered by her daughter during a ceremony the Venezuelan opposition leader could not attend.
The 58-year-old engineer had been due to receive the award in Oslo, in the presence of King Harald, in defiance of a decade-long travel ban imposed by authorities in her home country and after spending more than a year in hiding. -- 📺 Watch NTD News 24/7 on cable, broadcast, and streaming: https://www.ntd.com/watch
The US seizes an oil tanker off the
coast of Venezuela as the Nobel
Committee holds the award ceremony for
its renowned peace prize. It was awarded
this year to Venezuelan opposition
leader Maria Karina Machado. Our
Washington correspondent Luis Martinez
has the details.
The presidents of Panama, Paraguay,
Ecuador, and Argentina, alongside
several US lawmakers, traveled to Norway
to accompany the Venezuelan opposition
leader in this year's award ceremony for
the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
Despite much anticipation, Maurina
Machalo was not able to attend the
ceremony. Her daughter Ana Korina Sosa
received the Nobel Peace Prize on her
behalf and read a speech written by
Matalo.
>> During the past 16 months in
clandestinity, we have built new
networks of civic pressure and
disciplined disobedience,
preparing for Venezuela's orderly
transition to democracy. This prize
carries profound meaning. It reminds the
world that democracy
is essential to peace.
>> The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and the
support from presidents from the region
have highlighted the oppression and the
crimes of the Maduro regime in
Venezuela. Your power is not permanent.
Your violence will not prevail over
people who rise and resist.
Mr. Maduro,
accept the election result and step
down.
>> The Venezuelan regime, which has killed
extrajudicially more than 8,000
Venezuelans in the past 6 years,
criticized the Nobel Committee.
or peace or Nobel Prize which is awarded
to a person who calls for the invasion
of Venezuela, who calls for military
action, and who celebrates the murder of
human beings in the Caribbean Sea.
Earlier this week, President Trump said
Madura's days are numbered. And today,
he announced the seizure of an oil
tanker of the coast of Venezuela. As you
probably know, we've just uh seized
a tanker on the coast of Venezuela.
Large tanker, very large,
largest one ever seized actually.
And uh other things are happening. So,
>> Maria Cororina Machalo has been in
hiding in Venezuela for nearly 2 years
as she's under threat from the regime.
Security concerns did not allow her to
arrive on time to the awards ceremony in
Oslo, but she's still expected to arrive
in Norway this week. Reporting from
Washington DC, Luis Eduardo Martinez,
NTD News.
