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Maria Corina Machado
The Norwegian Nobel Institute stated that the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared or revoked, following statements by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who suggested that she could hand over her 2025 award to US President Donald Trump.
On Monday, in an interview on Fox News, the winner of , Maria Corina Machadostated that he could deliver the prize to the American president Donald Trump.
According to the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, this “It would be an act of gratitude of the Venezuelan people for the removal of the dictator Nicolas Maduro“, the president of the country, who was captured last week by the United States after an attack on Caracas.
In a statement, the Norwegian Nobel Institute However, he stated that the decision to award a Nobel Prize is final and permanentciting the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, which do not allow appeals.
The organization also highlighted that the different committees that award the Nobel Prizes do not comment on actions or statements of the laureates after the awards were presented.
“Once a Nobel Prize is announced, this cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to third parties,” the Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Friday. “The decision is final and remains permanent.”
“Did you even offer him the Nobel Peace Prize?” he asked. Sean Hannity to Corina, in Monday’s interview. “Did that really happen?” The Venezuelan engineer, teacher and politician responded that “well, it hasn’t happened yet“.
Donald Trump, who has long shown interest in winning the Nobel Peace Prize and has sometimes associated it with diplomatic achievements, recently stated that It would be an honor to accept the awardif Machado offered it to him during a meeting planned in Washington for next week, notes a .
Maria Corina Machadoformer deputy of the Venezuelan National Assembly, was prevented from running for general elections 2024 by authorities aligned with Maduro.
Nobel Peace Prize supported Edmundo Gonzalez Distancewhich was widely considered to be , even though Maduro claimed victory. Audits of ballot papers carried out by independent observers revealed irregularities in official results.
