Picture Credit : @MariaCorinaYA/X
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has said that ‘we are determined’ to have the sovereign will of the Venezuelan population respected, and asserted that ‘our main ally’ at this moment in the struggle is United States President Donald Trump.
Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, in an interview to Times Now broadcast also said, “we can count on the Indian people for a peaceful transition to democracy and freedom in Venezuela”.
She was awarded the 2025 prize by the Nobel Committee for the sustained campaign against the country’s President Nicolas Maduro Moros.
The Committee on its website says that the prize was ‘for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy’.
According to media reports , In the interview, she was asked about the expectations by many that President Trump might have received the Nobel prize for his efforts this year.
“This is a prize for the Venezuelan people, it is a prize that honours the courage, resilience, strength and love that Venezuelan has been demonstrating, fighting for so long all these years,” she said.
“Our main ally at this moment is President Trump, so it is a matter of fairness. And, I do think that all around the world, we are seeing the results of a strategy to achieve peace through strength,” Machado said.
On a query on America’s ties with India and also the ties of the US with Pakistan in the context of the recent India-Pakistan conflict, the Nobel winner said she ‘fully respects the efforts of Indian people who want to live in peace, and I know there are people in Pakistan who want the same’.
“The fact that President Trump was able to help stop this conflict from escalating, I think it was a great step,” she said.
Machado further said ‘we can have in India, a great ally’.
