Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado participated in a demonstration in Madrid this Saturday. She stated she does not regret her decision to give her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump and criticized Colombian president Gustavo Petro.
María Corina Machado is a Venezuelan opposition leader who received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and decided to give it to Donald Trump. The demonstration in Madrid took place in a country that is home to about 700,000 Venezuelans who left their country during the last 27 years of Chavista government.
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María Corina Machado participated in a demonstration in Madrid on Saturday, January 18
Machado stated she does not regret her decision to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump
Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025
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Machado said she is coordinating her return to Venezuela with the US government
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Machado refused to meet with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
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The demonstration took place at Puerta del Sol square
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