Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, confirmed that she will be in Oslo, Norway, next Wednesday (12/10), to receive the prize announced in October. Demonstrators from dozens of cities took to the streets this Saturday (06/12) to show their support for the leader, who has been living in hiding since last year.
The movement, called “March for Peace and Freedom,” is taking place in more than 80 cities around the world to express support for María, an opponent of Nicolas Maduro’s government in Venezuela.
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In Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, around 200 Venezuelans took to the streets in support of María Corina Machado. The protesters are linked to the Sale Venezuela party, which she created in 2012, while she was still a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly.
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There are also records of mobilizations in Madrid, Funchal, Utrecht, as well as cities in France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Peru and Colombia.
Tensions
The demonstrations in support of the Nobel Peace Prize come at a time of strong tensions between the government of Maduro and that of Donald Trump, President of the United States.
The North American country put military pressure on Maduro to leave power. American troops have already attacked ships in the Caribbean and the Pacific under the pretext of combating drug trafficking. Trump also planned a $50 million reward for the arrest of the Venezuelan leader.
Maduro accuses Trump of trying to steal the country’s oil reserves, under the false pretext of fighting international drug trafficking. The Chavista leader’s statement is contained in a letter sent on Sunday (11/30) to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
“Venezuela formally denounces to OPEC and the OPEC+ mechanism that the government of the United States of America intends to seize Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, the largest in the world, by using deadly military force against the territory, population and institutions of the country,” the Venezuelan president said in correspondence sent to OPEC Secretary General Haitham al-Ghais.
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