Maduro Calls Machado Demonic Witch
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In Caracas on Oct. 12, President Nicolás Maduro called Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado a "demonic witch" and challenged her to "prepare to win" peace.
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by Daniel Kuehn
An opponent of strongmen is a good choice I think given current times but it’s been pretty surprising to learn about some of the things she supports. Seems like there were probably better alternatives. Granted I don’t think the committee was validating that stuff at least.
by Lyla Mehta
This will end badly. The #NobelPeace Committee often gets it very wrong. Remember Henry Kissinger in 1973, Obama in 2009 & Abiy Ahmed in 2019? How can the Nobel peace committee award this prize to an opposition leader who sides with Trump and Netanyahu, and has invited them to invade #Venezuela?
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‘Fredsprisen til María Corina Machado er … mer enn en personlig anerkjennelse. Den er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere … .’
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Fredsprisen til María Corina Machado treffer tidsånden
Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold.
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