The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machadoawarded with the Nobel Peace Prize 2025assured this Friday that the country “is going through the most decisive juncture in its contemporary history,” but that “every day it is closer to recovering freedom and democracy.”
Machado made these statements in a video broadcast on the 81st General Assembly of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), which is celebrated until Sunday in the tourist enclave of Punta Canain the east of the Dominican Republic.
The leader denounced censorship and retaliation in Venezuela, describing the situation as “extremely serious,” since “modern society is based on information.”
“Dictators and criminals are making an effort like never before to control public opinion. Not only do they censor, close media outlets and persecute journalists; they also seek to create a parallel reality through psychological wars and disinformation campaigns,” he stated.
Machado says that Venezuela will be free
In his opinion, “the only way to defeat these regimes is with the constant, tenacious and unrestricted preaching of the truth.”
“It was with the truth ahead that we Venezuelans were able to dismantle the labyrinth of lies of Chavismo. This is how we are dismantling its repressive apparatus to move towards truth, justice and peace,” he added.
“The lie feeds evil; the truth feeds freedom. Venezuela will be free,” concluded the leader.
On October 10, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the granting of the award to Machado “for his tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for his fight to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
The opposition dedicated the award to her compatriots and the president of the United States, donald trump, highlighting that the recognition “has a very important impact on both Venezuelans and the regime itself,” as it demonstrates, he said, that “the entire world legitimizes the democratic struggle while Maduro remains completely isolated.”
Machado, who has reported “direct threats” against him and remains in hiding, warned that he will only be able to travel to Oslo in December to receive the Nobel “if Maduro leaves power.”
