Venezuela’s Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize: Is it his now?
Al Jazeera • • nation
Key Points:
- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, met US President Donald Trump at the White House two weeks after US forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, presenting Trump with her Nobel medal as a gesture of gratitude.
- Despite accepting the physical Nobel medal, the Nobel Peace Prize remains officially awarded to Machado, as Nobel Foundation rules prohibit transferring the title to another person.
- Trump publicly expressed appreciation for Machado but stated she lacks sufficient support in Venezuela to lead the country, instead backing Maduro’s deputy Delcy Rodríguez as interim president.
- Reports suggest Trump was displeased that Machado accepted the Nobel Prize on his behalf rather than rejecting it, which may have influenced his decision not to support her presidential ambitions.
- Machado won the
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