Venezuelan opposition leader's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in her absence
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Nobel Peace Laureate Machado Arrives in Norway, Makes First Public Appearance in Months
Does Machado's Nobel Prize legitimize regime change efforts, or vindicate Venezuelans suffering under authoritarian rule?
Above: María Corina Machado greets supporters from a balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2025. Image credit: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images
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Pro-establishment narrative
The Nobel Peace Prize for Machado delivers overdue vindication to Venezuelans whose voices have been sidelined during 27 years of authoritarian horror. After enduring institutional collapse, exile and repression while the world reduced the crisis to punchlines and convenient narratives, Venezuelans have finally received global recognition. The ceremony boldly rejected calls for containment and acknowledged the horrific present reality.
Establishment-critical narrative
Machado's travel to Oslo is nothing more than a far-right mediatic spectacle designed to legitimize the U.S.-backed regime-change in Venezuela. The ceremony brought together reactionary figures like Argentina's Javier Milei and Panamá's José Mulino, after Machado dedicated her prize to Trump amid his unlawful military operations in the Caribbean. Washington is carrying out an imperialist pressure campaign against the Bolivarian Revolution.
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