Opposition leader assured that the republican is totally ‘committed to the freedom of political prisoners in Venezuela and all Venezuelans’
The Venezuelan opposition leader stated this Thursday (15) that, during the meeting at the White House with the president of the “presented” him with the Nobel Peace Prize medal he won last year, implying that he offered it to him. “I presented the Nobel Peace Prize medal to the president of the United States,” said Machado, without clarifying whether he gave it to Trump or whether he kept it.
The activist and politician, who had already dedicated the Nobel to Trump when she received it, said last week that she “certainly wants to give it and share it with him”, but the Norwegian Nobel Institute, responsible for the award, explained that a Nobel cannot be passed on to third parties. Trump, who has declared his interest on numerous occasions in winning the Nobel Peace Prize, often insists that he has put an end to eight international conflicts and that this prize should be awarded according to the number of wars resolved.
Regarding his meeting with Trump, Machado said that he, who chose to recognize an interim Chavista government to lead Venezuela instead of one headed by opponents of Nicolás Maduro, is totally “committed to the freedom of political prisoners in Venezuela and all Venezuelans”. Machado made the statement in front of a crowd of Venezuelans as he left the US Senate.
Before leaving the place, she said that in the morning she had also spoken with Edmundo González, her ally who claims victory in the 2024 presidential elections in Venezuela, which according to the opposition were rigged to re-elect Nicolás Maduro.
*With information from EFE
