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Venezuela's Machado defends gifting Nobel medal to Trump after Maduro's capture

Saturday, 18 April 2026, 18:03 · 1 min read

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, says she has "no regrets" about presenting her prize medal to US President Donald Trump when she met him at the White House in January. The gesture came two weeks after Trump ordered US special forces to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas; Maduro is currently detained in the United States on drug trafficking charges. Speaking at a conference in Madrid on Saturday, Machado praised Trump as the one world leader who "risked the lives of his country's citizens for Venezuela's freedom," and said she views Washington as "key to advancing a democratic transition" in the country. The Norwegian Nobel Committee clarified that the prize is non-transferable and cannot be shared or assigned to others.

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Al Jazeera English‘No regrets’: Venezuela’s Machado defends giving Nobel medal to Trump ↗︎DawnVenezuela’s Machado says has ‘no regrets’ about gifting Nobel Peace Prize to Trump ↗︎
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