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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.

Der Standard
Maduro insults Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado as a 'demonic witch'

María Corina Machado was awarded for her peaceful struggle against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. He remains unfazed by it.

Maduro insults Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado as a 'demonic witch'
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ABC
Maduro challenges Machado: 'If you want peace, prepare to win it'

Nicolás Maduro broke his silence about María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize. This Sunday, 48 hours after the award, he exclaimed, challenging the opposition leader without naming her: "If you want peace, prepare to win it." His statement occurred at a public event marking Día de la Raza on October 12, which Chávez regime renamed "Day of Indigenous Resistance" to acknowledge the discovery of Christopher Columbus. To honor Indigenous peoples, Maduro dressed in a feather headdress with arrows on his shoulders. The regime's leaders have kept total silence, ignoring the prestigious Norwegian prize, which was awarded to Machado for "her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for her fight to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy" and for urging her to recognize the results of the presidential election that gave victory to Edmundo González Urrutia on July 28 of last year. Related news: If PERFIL María Corina, the Nobel Peace Prize that Chávez nor Maduro have been able to bend Andrés Gerlotti Slusnys standard If Trump, about the Nobel Peace Prize to Machado: "She told me she would accept it in my honor" Javier Ansorena "We don't want to be slaves of the Americans here," he said, adjusting the feathers on his head to indicate that chavismo is prepared to fight against the "imperialist threats." He referred to the deployment of the U.S. navy fleet of destroyers and submarines off the Venezuelan coast, which he thinks will be defeated with the deployment of weapons purchased from the Russians and Chinese and the training of civilians with the Bolivarian militia and now with indigenous groups who also want to enlist to confront the American Marines. While inaugurating two statues of indigenous people, Maduro noted that "we want peace and we will have peace, but peace with freedom, with sovereignty, independence and equality. Not the peace of Gaza's ruins nor the peace of death." He also attempted to belittle the charismatic opposition leader as a witch. "Ninety percent of the population rejects the demonic witch of La Sayona (a Llanos legend)," he snapped. And he stated that he will not negotiate the surrender of his post. Machado, for her part, reaffirmed this Friday when she won the Nobel Peace Prize that "liberty and democracy we will conquer, and we will win," as a prelude to Maduro's challenge. "It is inevitable that Maduro will go; his days are numbered."

Maduro challenges Machado: 'If you want peace, prepare to win it'
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Kathimerini
Venezuela: Maduro calls 'demonic witch' Maria Machado, who just won the Nobel Peace Prize

'90% of the population rejects the demonic witch Sayona,' said the country's president.

Venezuela: Maduro calls 'demonic witch' Maria Machado, who just won the Nobel Peace Prize
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The Washington Post
For Venezuela, a peace prize in the shadow of war

The White House wasn't thrilled when President Trump didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, which went instead to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Trump's recent efforts in the context of Venezuela have little to do with peace.

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To Vima
Maduro attacked Machado after the Nobel Peace Prize

Nicolás Maduro labeled the opposition leader María Corina Machado a 'demonic witch'.

Maduro attacked Machado after the Nobel Peace Prize
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by Daniel Kuehn

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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.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 7h
Who is María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Historian Greg Grandin calls her a "shocking choice" who is "completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism."
2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqua...
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democracynow.org
Who is María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Historian Greg Grandin calls her a "shocking choice" who is "completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism."
2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqua...
www.democracynow.org
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El Pais
Nicolás Maduro: 'If you want peace, prepare to win it'

In his first appearance after María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Prize, the Venezuelan president insists that chavismo is willing to fight back against 'imperialist threats'.

Nicolás Maduro: 'If you want peace, prepare to win it'
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El Mundo
Nicolás Maduro on Nobel María Corina Machado: 'She is a demonic witch'

"90% of the population repudiates the demonic witch of the Sayona," says the Venezuelan president in his Indigenous Resistance Day speech.

Nicolás Maduro on Nobel María Corina Machado: 'She is a demonic witch'
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by Lyla Mehta

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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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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump
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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 … .’

@mariannedahl.bsky.social i @aftenposten.no

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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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by Mario Macis

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Die Zeit
Nobel Peace Prize for María Corina Machado: Nobel Institute hires IT experts over possible betting fraud

The Norwegian Nobel Institute has commissioned experts to investigate suspicious bets ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize award. The director suspects espionage.

Nobel Peace Prize for María Corina Machado: Nobel Institute hires IT experts over possible betting fraud
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by John Palfrey

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Anne Applebaum takes up a compelling example of what courage looks like. A story for our times.

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Why María Corina Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.
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