Nobel Peace Prize winner Corina defends US intervention in Venezuela.

247 - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, gave an interview to CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour in which she made harsh accusations against President Nicolás Maduro and openly advocated for US intervention in Venezuela. However, the statement exposes Machado's political bias, as she has been using her international profile to justify advancing a foreign agenda over the country's future.

Machado stated that Maduro “declared war on the Venezuelan people” after the 2024 presidential elections, in which the opposition claimed victory for Edmundo González, his political ally, despite the lack of official recognition by the country's electoral bodies. According to the opposition figure, the Chavista government transformed the electoral process into an “armed conflict against the population,” a narrative that echoes the historical discourse of the Venezuelan right and serves as a pretext for appeals to foreign powers.

During the interview, María Corina directly appealed to US President Donald Trump, asking him to “stop the war started by Maduro.” This statement reveals not only the leader's ideological alignment with US foreign policy, but also the contrast between the peace discourse associated with the Nobel Prize and the explicit defense of interventionist measures. “We need the help of the President of the United States to stop this war,” Machado stated, repeating a rhetoric that has historically preceded episodes of destabilization in Latin American countries.

The opposition leader also described the Venezuelan government as a "criminal structure" sustained by drug, gold, and arms trafficking, without presenting concrete evidence. The accusatory tone and lack of self-criticism reflect an attempt to criminalize Chavismo and legitimize foreign interference—an old strategy of local elites supported by Washington.

Although she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for "freedom and democracy," María Corina Machado has been criticized by progressive sectors for turning the prize into a political platform against an elected government, at a time when Venezuela is trying to resume internal dialogue and ease the economic sanctions imposed by the United States itself.

For international observers, Corina's stance contradicts the spirit of the Nobel Prize and reinforces the logic of dependency that marked decades of American interference in the region. The idea that Venezuela's fate should be decided in Washington, and not in Caracas, revives ghosts of the past and undermines the chances of a sovereign and peaceful solution for the country.