The winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2025, Maria Corina Machadoparticipated in the second day of the CADE Executivesa business forum that is organized by IPAE Business Actionand which takes place at the Lima Convention Center.
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During his virtual intervention from Caracas, VenezuelaMachado sent a message to Peru prior to General Elections 2026in which the future president will be elected, Bicameral Congress and Andean Parliament. In that sense, the Venezuelan activist urged Peruvians to choose well and understand the risks of political populism.
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“Those who still have the privilege of living in democracies have to choose well. And choosing well means understanding the risks of populism and of ideas destined to failure and misery and violence, and reaffirm the value of the merit of the law, of honest and productive effort,” he expressed.
Along the same lines, he reflected on the situation experienced by Latin American countriesin which, he maintained, “some democracies have been completely destroyed.”
“Latin America is undoubtedly experiencing a decisive and especially decisive moment, and especially my country, Venezuela. In some of our nations democracies have been completely destroyed and in others they are being tested. Populism, corruption, manipulation are presented as redeemers of institutions, destroying trust and demobilizing hope,” he emphasized.
María Corina Machado at CADE: “Populism is not fought with more promises, but with truth”
At another point in his speech, Maria Corina Machado analyzed the crises faced by various countries in the region due to the populism and distrust of citizens in their authorities. For this reason, he assured that authoritarianism wins when fatigue turns into indifference.
“Populism is not fought with more promises, but with truth, with integrity and with results. And although many citizens feel tired, frustrated, disillusioned, we have to remember something essential: when fatigue or distrust turns into indifference, then the authoritarians win,” he said.
“For a time they told us that it was enough to vote, even if there was no justice or institutional independence. And little by little power was capturing everything: the courts, the media, the Armed forcesthe economy, all institutions and consciences. Each election without freedom was another trap, until one day we woke up without a free press, nor the rule of law, nor a voice,” he said.
