'Decisive Support To Our Cause': Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Machado Dedicates Award To Trump

María Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, dedicated the award to US President Donald Trump. In a message on social media platform X, Machado dedicated the prestigious award to both the suffering people of Venezuela and Trump, recognising his "decisive support" for freedom and democracy.

Machado wrote, "This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom. We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy. I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!"

This year's Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was one of the most talked about award as there had been persistent speculation ahead of the announcement about the possibility of the prize going to the US President, fuelled in part by himself and amplified by this week's approval of his plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza.

Trump has asserted multiple times over the past months that he should receive the prestigious award for settling multiple conflicts during his tenure. Trump and his allies were constantly lobbying for the coveted prize with the US President even saying that it will be a "big insult" to America if the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded to him.

However, on Oct. 10, in Oslo, Machado was announced as the winner of Nobel Peace Prize.

Machado won the prize for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a "growing darkness". The former opposition presidential candidate is a "key, unifying figure" in the once deeply divided opposition to President Nicolas Maduro's government, said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.

Machado says she's humbled and grateful. "This is something that the Venezuelan people deserve," Machado said in a call with the Norwegian Nobel Institute. "I am just part of a huge movement... I'm humbled, I'm grateful and I'm honoured not only by this recognition, but I'm honoured to be part of what's going on in Venezuela today," news agency AP reported.

"I believe that we are very close to achieving, finally, freedom for our country and peace for the region," she said, adding that "even though we face the most brutal violence, our society has resisted" and insisted on struggling by peaceful means. "I believe that the world will now understand how urgent it is to finally, you know, succeed."