Trump has chosen to preserve Venezuela's Chavista power structure, sidelining pro-democracy advocates and leaving opposition leader Maria Corina Machado with little influence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/22/world/venezuelan-democracy-put-on-hold/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #mariacorinamachado #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #us #venezuelanusrelations #donaldtrump
In ousting and arresting Nicolas Maduro, U.S., President Donald Trump wants the political gains of fighting a war without actually having to fight one. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/11/world/venezuela-coup-precedents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #venezuela #oil #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump #mariacorinamachado #latinamerica #colonialism #iraq
Ridiculous
#Trump said he would accept the #NobelPeacePrize if this year’s prize winner, #MaríaCorinaMachado, offered it to him when she meets with him next week, but #Nobel officials quickly announced Fri that the prize may not be shared or transferred.
“Once a #NobelPrize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others,” the Norwegian Nobel Cmte & the Norwegian Nobel Institute said. “The decision is final & stands for all time.”
#idiocracy #greed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/09/trump-machado-meet-peace-prize/
U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil that had been stuck in Venezuela under U.S. blockade, following the capture of its leader, Nicolas Maduro. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/world/politics/venezuela-oil-us-talks-caracas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #oil #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump #oil #mariacorinamachado #southamerica
Venezuela's main opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, has vowed to return home soon, praising U.S. President Donald Trump for toppling her enemy Nicolas Maduro and saying her movement is ready to win a free election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/world/politics/maduro-machado-venezuela-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #mariacorinamachado #us #donaldtrump #nicolasmaduro #venezuela
bhaugen
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Who is Venezualan Opposition leader María Corina Machado? Bc we all know she about to be Trump's new favorite person.
Machado is well known for constantly saying she'd "bury socialism forever".
She says Margaret Thatcher is a major role model.
She won a noble peace prize(for some fing reason???) and said Trump should get one too.
She's spoke at EU far-right rally "Patriots for Europe".
She supports Israel 110%.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/hay-festival-maria-corina-machado
Now we all know, the US loves reckless regime change.
Internationally known Venelzualan rightwinger María Corina Machado sees a possible power vaccumm forming and wants to be helpful to US plans.
I swear, your leader gotta to EXTREMELY bad for a US led regieme change to be a -better- solution than pretty much anything else.
Who is Venezualan Opposition leader María Corina Machado? Bc we all know she about to be Trump's new favorite person.
Machado is well known for constantly saying she'd "bury socialism forever".
She says Margaret Thatcher is a major role model.
She won a noble peace prize(for some fing reason???) and said Trump should get one too.
She's spoke at EU far-right rally "Patriots for Europe".
She supports Israel 110%.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/hay-festival-maria-corina-machado
The news conference is over. Despite multiple questions about how #Venezuela will be run, no details were provided.
#Trump repeatedly said “we’re gonna do” this & “we’re gonna do” that, but never gave info about HOW.
There were vague allusions to #MarcoRubio & Pete #Hegseth & a “group” but no specifics.
This is nuts.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump also completely dismissed the idea of working with opposition leader & #NobelPeacePrize winner #MaríaCorinaMachado who actually won the last presidential #election in #Venezuela. Instead he said #MarcoRubio was in contact with Maduro’s VP #DelcyRodríguez. If this was even slightly about #Maduro being an illegitimate president, Rodríguez would also be illegitimate. This is so transparently about #oil it’s ridiculous.
#law #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
The #Venezuela mission to the #UN has requested an emergency #Security Council [ #UNSC] meeting & has asked the Council to condemn the #US military strikes against the country.
Venezuela’s ambassador, Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, said in a letter to the UNSC president: “The United States of America always uses lies to fabricate wars. It is an international #tyranny imposed with the #propaganda of death: the recent past confirms this.”
#MaríaCorinaMachado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, posted a statement calling for national unity following the capture of Nicolás #Maduro.
“Given his refusal to accept a negotiated exit, the government of the United States has fulfilled its promise to enforce the law,” she wrote. “We have struggled for years, we have given it our all, & it has been worth it. What had to happen is happening.”
Her support is unsurprising.
While progressives often champion feminist rhetoric, Takaichi, Meloni and Machado have risen to prominence through conservative platforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/24/world/conservative-women-shatter-glass-ceilings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #sanaetakaichi #giorgiameloni #mariacorinamachado #italy #venezuela #nobelpeaceprize #margaretthatcher
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado arrived in Oslo late Thursday night, the head of the Nobel committee said, too late to receive her award at a ceremony held hours earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/world/politics/nobel-maria-corina-machado-oslo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nobelprize #mariacorinamachado #oslo #norway #venezuela #donaldtrump #nicolasmaduro
Democracies must be prepared to fight for freedom in order to survive, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado has said, in a speech delivered by her daughter during a ceremony Machado could not attend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/world/nobel-machado-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #venezuela #mariacorinamachado #nobelprize #awards
Venezuela's Nobel Prize winner made a high-stakes gamble by aligning with hawks in Washington who argue that President Nicolas Maduro — through links to criminal gangs — poses a direct threat to U.S. national security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/politics/venezuela-nobel-alliance-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #mariacorinamachado #venezuela #us #donaldtrump #trendearagua #nicolasmaduro #nobelprize #southamerica
Most of us are dissatisfied with the #NobelPeacePrize in one way or another
Whatever you think of the recent choice of #MaríaCorinaMachado, I hearby announce, with absolutely zero authority whatsoever, that the People's Choice Peace Prize, which I just made up, should go to the #ERRs
The what?
#Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms
"Most are young women. They feed the hungry, restore electricity, fix water wells, evacuate civilians..."
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/10/16/sudans-remarkable-mutual-aid-groups
The Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado has sparked controversy, particularly due to Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign for the prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/12/world/machado-trump-and-the-nobel-prize/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nobelpeaceprize #mariacorinamachado #venezuela #donaldtrump #gaza #israel
joene 🏴🍉
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'Like many other US-backed Latin American politicians, her policies are copy & paste support for Israel, support for Washington’s neoliberalism, and servitude to US hegemony...
So what has she actually done to win a Nobel Peace Prize?' By Landpalestine
#nobelpeaceprize #mariacorinamachado #nobel #palestine #usa #landpalestine
'Like many other US-backed Latin American politicians, her policies are copy & paste support for Israel, support for Washington’s neoliberalism, and servitude to US hegemony...
So what has she actually done to win a Nobel Peace Prize?' By Landpalestine
#nobelpeaceprize #mariacorinamachado #nobel #palestine #usa #landpalestine
María Corina Machado is a white privileged woman that stands for very conservative values. She defends her class, the upper class, she defends the capitalist system and the interests of the US. That's her and the people of #Venezuela know this, including her followers.