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| 'She's Sweet.' Why the Nobel Prize Went to a Woman from the Forests of Venezuela |
| 2025-10-13 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Ol'ga Kuznetsova [REGNUM] "Everyone thought Juan Guaidó was still the main opposition figure in Venezuela, and then some woman showed up." Words like these, in varying variations, were heard throughout the day after the Nobel Committee announced the Peace Prize to the de facto leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado. As it turns out, Guaidó has been teaching in sunny Florida for a long time and has very little to do with actual South American politics. Machado, however, not only continues the "struggle," but has been doing it for much longer. A RICH BIOGRAPHY Machado was born into a distinguished family—among them descendants of the Spanish aristocracy and members of the Venezuelan intelligentsia of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her great-great-grandfather, Eduardo Blanco, was a writer and minister. She also had a relative, Armando Zuloaga, who died during the 1929 uprising. His parents are steel businessman Enrique Machado Zuloaga and his mother is psychologist Corina Parisca. Machado's major is industrial engineering, and she graduated from the same institution as Juan Guaido, the Andrés Bello Catholic University. She also earned a master's degree in finance and completed programs at the University of California and Yale University (recognized as an undesirable organization in Russia) in the United States. In the 1990s, she founded a foundation raising private donations to help street children in Caracas, and from there, she began her political career. In the early 2000s, she participated in collecting signatures for a referendum to recall President Hugo Chávez —and did so with funding from the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED, designated an undesirable organization in Russia). Interestingly, Machado acknowledged the fact that Chavez has many supporters among Venezuelans, although she said that as president he is becoming increasingly “intolerant.” Machado subsequently avoided prison despite numerous criminal charges and continued to be active in politics throughout her life. She founded a party, served as a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela, and actively participated in the 2014 protests. She was disqualified from the 2024 presidential election for calling for mass unrest and protests. Her deputy, Edmundo González, who the local opposition considers the true winner of last year's vote, took up the "falling banner." González is currently hiding in Spain, while Machado is allegedly still in Venezuela. And here we must give credit to the "bloody regime" of Nicolás Madur, who hasn't yet dealt with her. "I COULD HAVE GIVEN THE BONUS AWAY." Everyone expected Donald Trump, having lost the Nobel Peace Prize, to be offended and to seek revenge on the country of the lucky candidate. And against this backdrop, it seemed that María Corina Machado had acted preemptively—she immediately dedicated her victory to Trump and the Venezuelan people. The American leader said that it was “very kind of her” and joked that he did not demand that she give the award to him, although she “could have given it to him” because she is a very “nice woman.” Trump also said that he had been “helping her” for a long time, and added that the bonus was given for 2024, when he was still running for president. It is interesting that Trump also called Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum a “sweet woman” after personal negotiations. It's also worth noting the "long-standing assistance." It turns out that Machado was nominated for the award by current US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to the UN Michael Walts, and Republican senators from Rubio's team. Almost all of them are supporters of the armed intervention in Venezuela and military operations in the Caribbean. BEGGED FOR INTERVENTION Machado had long been kept out of the political PR arena. But recently, she's been making frequent appearances on Republican-affiliated websites in the US, such as Fox News. On air, she supported the American strikes on the Bolivarian Republic and, as if that weren't enough, she said that the Venezuelan people should be grateful to Trump if he bombed the country. Machado also acknowledged that the opposition has been asking the US for military intervention in Venezuela for years. Against this backdrop, investigations began in Caracas. The ruling party's secretary general, Diosdado Cabello, accused the Venezuelan opposition leader of collaborating with criminal groups. According to Cabello, Machado negotiated with the El Cagon group, offering them five million dollars and immunity from prosecution for attacking Chinese oil platforms located on Lake Maracaibo, near the border with Colombia. There are also facilities there belonging to the American company Chevron, any attack on which could be seen as a signal for the start of war. According to Venezuelan law enforcement, Machado's plan included exploding oil storage tanks, which would have affected oil supplies destined for Chevron. A CONSERVATIVE WITH LIBERAL UNDERTONES In addition, Maria Corina Machado supports Venezuela's territorial claims to the Essequibo region, which currently belongs to Guyana. True, there are nuances. She doesn't support the return of the lands by force, criticized the referendum on their ownership, and proposed "resolving the issue through an international court." Which, in essence, doesn't resolve it. The position is extremely convenient - it seems to be pro-Venezuelan, and does not bother any of the “respected people.” Otherwise, Maria Corina Machado considered herself a conservative politician with some liberal leanings: allowing abortion in cases of rape, legalizing same-sex marriage*, and the use of cannabis for medical purposes. And of course, there is “election transparency” – where would we be without it? BUT I HAVE NO STRENGTH The question naturally arises: why give Machado an award of such magnitude? In all likelihood, to introduce a new "outstanding figure" to the world. And immediately in the right role. And this turn of events may suggest that the Americans may change the official goal of the operation in the Caribbean, forgetting about the fight against drug trafficking and switching to an old American pastime – replacing an undesirable government. Previously, the United States did not advertise the successor they needed to Nicolás Maduro, but now the situation has changed. However, it's important to understand that Machado's radical statements have attracted the wrong kind of Venezuelans to take to the barricades. Her audience consists of the white elite, descendants of Spanish colonizers, Western-connected businessmen, and the European intelligentsia. These are not the dark-skinned Venezuelan poor, of whom there are now far more after the wave of American sanctions and the subsequent mass emigration. So Machado has big problems with real strength, and winning such a war with PR alone will not be as easy as it seems. 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