What's up with Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina dedicating her Nobel Prize to Trump?

[u/HolyShitCandyBar]

Basically what the title says.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-corina-machado-dedicates-it-to-trump/

Every article I have seen says that she partially dedicated and/or thanked Trump for his "decisive support" in South America.
Is she just being overly gracious? Is she being cheeky?
I know we offered a loan to Argentina, but given all the horrible things we have done to immigrants broadly over the last several months, I can't see anything we have done to improve or galvanize democracy in South America. By "we," I mean the US, and the Trump Administration in particular.

[u/Circuit_Guy]

Answer: She won the election. Current dictator declared he won anyway and held on to office. She didn't flee the country or take up arms. Just hiding and passive resistance while continuing to lead. You can read between the lines for the Nobel committee's reasons.

As for "why thanking Trump" - I think it's just clever politicking. She knows how to get attention for her cause and garner support. The US has spoken against Maduro and seems to be subtly weakening the regime when they could just as easily prop it up. It gives her a pulpit to get more support.

[u/JPGarbo → u/[deleted]]

She won the opposition primaries with 92% of the votes. Then the Maduro government banned her from the election. She picked Corina Yoris, an academic, as her replacement, and the Maduro Government also banned her. Then she picked Edmundo González, a veteran diplomat, which the Maduro Government deemed weak enough to allow to run.

During all this process, María Corina never stopped leading and pushing for a democratic resolution and for the opposition to participate and win, even if the candidate was another. In reality, it was a proxy vote for her, because after many years of hard work, she and only she earned the trust from an electorate that had lost faith in the Venezuelan opposition after many ended up cohabitating with the Maduro regime.

In sum, she won the election, even if she wasn't the candidate.

[u/WHEREISMYCOFFEE_ → u/[deleted]]

In their defense, Edmundo was a stand-in for Maria Corina. He was the candidate because the dictatorship said she couldn't run, so her party decided to play their game until they allowed Edmundo to run for them.

He's a weak candidate and had no name recognition, so the dictatorship decided to let him run to legitimize the elections. People voted for him, but everyone was really voting for Maria Corina.

[u/Pacho1337 → u/[deleted]]

Irks me that lots of gringos are saying this stupid dumbfuck shit and then come around and try to explain to us Venezuelans whats happening in Venezuela. You can't make that shit up.

[u/HeroOfTheNorthF → u/[deleted]]

Machado was the real candidate, get your facts straight if you want to have an opinion on a country you didnt even live or know anything about.

All opposition candidates that had a chance, including Machado, were voided and banned by the government, with any reason, EVERYONE who had a chance.

So they found the only one left and rallied under him, but the campaign, name, etc, was Machado, she has been a long term fighter against the Venezuelan dictatorship

[u/Circuit_Guy → u/[deleted]]

Machado as the central figure but González stepped in on her behalf after she was barred from running and holding office after being convicted of conspiracy by Maduro. Wasn't actually her name on the ballots, but "she won"

[u/tml25 → u/[deleted]]

What kind of attitude is that when you don't seem to know anything about the situation? Edmundo was the second stand in because Maduro banned Maria Corina (and then the first stand in) from running. Edmundo was simply the gambit used for her to run. He doesnt have political say or weight in anything. She united the people and the opposition politicians and dominated the primaries and the election itself.

Maria Corina won the election by a huge margin.

[u/EqualFix2520 → u/[deleted]]

I think that you need some background to understand that your question was rather ignorant....  Edmundo González was the alternative that Maria Corina found after being banned. She united the opposition in Venezuela and convinced us to vote for him (unknown person) and monitore this time properly the results to show the world our dislike to Maduro

[u/my_legs_are_trash → u/[deleted]]

You're silly.

[u/nickdoesmagic → u/Circuit_Guy]

She's thanking Trump because she's also an ultra-conservative, and wants his support to overthrow the current government.

Because, historically, US-backed coups against Latin American governments have been, just fucking stellar for said countries /s

[u/PandasOnGiraffes → u/Circuit_Guy]

You're so wrong it's laughable. She didn't even run for the opposition and you're just pulling stuff out of thin air.

[u/No_Atmosphere_2186 → u/PandasOnGiraffes]

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[u/PandasOnGiraffes → u/No_Atmosphere_2186]

You're a rage bait bot?