The largest opposition coalition in Venezuelathe Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), considered this Wednesday that the Prize Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the leader Maria Corina Machado It is also a “recognition of each victim, the fallen, the persecuted and each human rights defender” in the South American country.
In a message posted on her X account, the PUD celebrated Machado’s Nobel Prize, which he also considered as recognition “to the civic commitment of millions of Venezuelans who have peacefully defended their right to live in freedom and dignity”.
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“This honor reaffirms the value of Venezuela that perseveres and opens democratic paths. May this day inspire everyone to continue betting on the rescue of democracy in our country. Today the fight for the freedom of political prisoners becomes even more favorable“said the opposition coalition.
The president of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnesurged the Chavista leader this Wednesday, Nicolas Maduroto accept the 2024 electoral results and resign from his position to lay the foundations towards a “democracy” in the country.
“He must accept the election results and resign from his position. It must lay the foundations for a peaceful transition to democracy, because that is the will of the Venezuelan people. Maria Corina Machado and the Venezuelan opposition have lit a flame that no torture, no lies and no fear can extinguish“he said in his speech delivering the Nobel Peace Prize.
For his part, Machado dedicated his Nobel Peace Prize to all the people of Venezuela and the “heroes“who fight for”freedom” of that country, as well as “the leaders of the world” who supported her, in a speech read by her daughter, Ana Corina Sosawho collected the award in his name in Oslo.
The opposition leader did not arrive at the ceremony, but her daughter confirmed that in “a few hours“He will be able to hug his mother in the Norwegian capital and that the opposition leader’s intention is to return”coming soon” to Venezuela.
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The event was attended by the Venezuelan opposition leader and ally of Machado, Edmundo González Urrutiawho claims the Presidency of his country by ensuring that he was elected in the 2024 presidential elections, despite the fact that the electoral body, controlled by rectors sympathetic to Chavismo, proclaimed the re-election of Maduro, a result that has not been recognized by several countries.
Machado was the seventh Latin American personality to receive the award.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, based in Oslo, announced in October that she was selected “for his tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for his fight to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy”.
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