The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, launched a campaign in 2023 to challenge Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the 2024 presidential elections.
The Venezuelan Supreme Court barred Machado from running in the presidential elections after the government accused her of corruption and cited her support for U.S. sanctions against Venezuela.
The Democracy Now website, through its X account, recounted some of Corina's most"outstanding" acts: Machado pledged to privatize Venezuela's state oil industry, while praising right-wing Latin American leaders, including Argentine President Javier Milei.
In 2020, Machado's opposition party, Vente Venezuela, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Israel's Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Machado has stated that, if elected, she will move the Venezuelan Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
In his acknowledgments, he made the following statement:"I dedicate this award to the long-suffering people of Venezuela and to President (Donald) Trump for his decisive support of our cause!"
Machado appealed to Netanyahu to push for regime change against Maduro due to "close collaboration with Iran."
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who today received the Nobel Peace Prize, previously asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his support in promoting international action against the"regime" of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
He warned at the time that the Venezuelan government"is holding the powers" of his country hostage, thereby demonstrating its"close collaboration with Iran and extremist groups."
He points out that this situation also directly affects Israel and the American continent, recalling the attacks that occurred in Buenos Aires, such as the one at the AMIA in 1994.
In a letter published on social media in 2018, Machado referred to the report submitted on May 29, 2018, by the Organization of American States (OAS) to the International Criminal Court, which denounces systematic and widespread attacks against the Venezuelan population. He especially expresses his gratitude for the support of Argentina, one of the nine countries that endorsed the initiative.
He urged Netanyahu and then-Argentine President Mauricio Macri to use their influence and experience to advocate before the United Nations Security Council for effective measures to protect the Venezuelan population, including pushing for regime change in the country.
