Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Doesn't Regret Giving Nobel Medal to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado stated in Madrid that she has "no regrets" about symbolically giving her Nobel Peace Prize medal to former US President Donald Trump in January, praising his actions against the Maduro regime.
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(CNA, Madrid, 18th) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado stated at a press conference in Madrid, Spain's capital, today that she has "no regrets" about symbolically presenting her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump in January of this year.
According to an AFP report, Machado met with Trump at the White House and gave him her Nobel medal two weeks after Trump ordered the US military to attack the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump has long desired a Nobel Peace Prize, but is currently mired in the Middle East war triggered by an airstrike against Iran in late February by his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After Machado gave her 2025 Nobel medal to Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Peace Prize, clearly stated that the true honor represented by this award "cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others."
Machado stated that Trump's military action to arrest Maduro—who is currently detained in New York facing US drug charges—is "something we Venezuelans will never forget."
Therefore, she said she has "no regrets" about giving the Nobel medal to Trump. (Translated by: Kao Chao-fen / Edited by: Yang Chao-yen)
(CNA, Madrid, 18th) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado stated at a press conference in Madrid, Spain's capital, today that she has "no regrets" about symbolically presenting her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump in January of this year.
According to an AFP report, Machado met with Trump at the White House and gave him her Nobel medal two weeks after Trump ordered the US military to attack the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump has long desired a Nobel Peace Prize, but is currently mired in the Middle East war triggered by an airstrike against Iran in late February by his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After Machado gave her 2025 Nobel medal to Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Peace Prize, clearly stated that the true honor represented by this award "cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others."
Machado stated that Trump's military action to arrest Maduro—who is currently detained in New York facing US drug charges—is "something we Venezuelans will never forget."
Therefore, she said she has "no regrets" about giving the Nobel medal to Trump. (Translated by: Kao Chao-fen / Edited by: Yang Chao-yen)