The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado stated that she awarded the Nobel Prize to Trump because the U.S. was the only country that risked lives for the freedom of Venezuela.
The award "represents the deep gratitude of the Venezuelan people for what Trump has done and for what we trust will happen soon," ahe stated on Saturday during his participation in the Munich Security Conference.
Machado stated that for years the Venezuelan people requested support from the international community without success, until Trump's intervention led to the capture and extraction of Maduro to the U.S.
He also affirmed that once the regime in Venezuela is dismantled, “Cuba will be next” and then Nicaragua will follow, in what he described as a process that could lead to the Americas being “free from communism and dictatorship.”
The Nobel Prize winner insisted on the need to move “from declarations of action to actions” in order to achieve political change in Venezuela.
"Certainly, several countries have been very active in terms of denouncing crimes against humanity and the corruption networks operating in Venezuela. Nowadays, we believe that we need much more than that," he stated.
The opposition leader emphasized that the immediate objective must be to dismantle what she described as a "criminal regime" in Venezuela.
In that context, he issued his regional warning: “And once we dismantle the regime, the criminal regime in Venezuela, Cuba will be next. Nicaragua after that. For the first time in history, we will have the Americas free from communism and dictatorship.”
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