Just over 24 hours after the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado would receive the Nobel Peace Prizehe President Gustavo Petro He launched strong criticisms towards her.
Although shortly before he had sent an ambiguous message of congratulations, this Saturday, October 11, the head of state hardened his position, questioning a letter dated December 2018, where Machado requested help from the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuto overthrow the Venezuelan regime.
“Why do you request help from a criminal against humanity, with an international arrest warrant, to bring democracy to Venezuela?“, questioned the first manateur, adding: “What does it mean that you seek support from the only Latin American president who supported genocide and the genocide?”.
Maria Corina Machado
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The president also questioned the Nobel committee’s decision to encourage “that world alliance that could only be one of barbarism and war, and not of peace”.
He insisted that Netanyahu cannot be associated with an action for Venezuela because, according to him, “That can only mean genocide on the people and illegal armed and international aggression on Venezuela.”.
Petro stressed that, In 2018, the situation in Gaza had not escalated to the current point and he recalled that the Israeli leader was already facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity..
Mrs. María Corina Machado:
This letter that I present below was published with his signature and is addressed to Benjamin Netanyahu and Mauricio Macri, before the genocide in Gaza had occurred.
To Macri thanking that part of his people have been welcomed there, (most of the… https://t.co/lWVZWNHsiO
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) October 11, 2025
Furthermore, the president criticized the military intervention in the Caribbean under the presidency of donald trumpalleging that under the pretext of drug trafficking missiles were launched that “They have fallen in Gaza, but now they are also falling on the boats with Caribbean people inside… those who have been murdered without asking their names or what they were carrying on the boats.”.
“With all due respect that you deserve, it is not by taking Netanyahu to action for Venezuela that the Venezuelan people will be helped.”, he concluded.
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