Turns out she has been on the Venezuelan political scene for quite some time.
October 10, 2025, María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize for ‘promoting democratic rights’. The Nobel committee congratulated her and praised her “tireless work” for democracy in Venezuela. Ironically, on April 11, 2002, Machado signed away democratic institutions in an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government, and twenty-three years later, she is the flagbearer of Western democracy.
Pretty short article, worth a read.
Things would be very different if she had declined the Nobel Prize and made a statement that Donald Trump was the rightful recipient.
People really believe this?
She did dedicate her award to him…
And like every other Trump ass kisser, she got fuck all for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx5hfNOjqaE
Nah. The US has been scheming on Venezuela for better than two decades. The powers behind the throne manipulated Trump into thinking it was his idea.
I heard that she is not popular in Venezuela. A doubt the prize has anything to do with it
But didn’t she win the elections?
Edmundo González was the candidate
So then is he now president?
you “heard”?
Before you click on this link, understand that it is a hugely biased website with a stated “anti-imperialist” agenda:
https://orinocotribune.com/poll-majority-in-venezuela-do-not-approve-of-right-wing-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado/
I’ve seen other stories on Lemmy about how most Venezuelans do not like her pro-Trump stance, but this is the first link I found in a search. All other stories are a day or two old talking about how Trump is excluding her from power, so I’m having a hard time finding more. This could very well be a bullshit poll from a clearly biased source, but this might be where people are “hearing” that she is not popular.
Maybe it’s not too late for her to trade the prize for the leadership.