Ruling – Peace Prize cannot be shared with Trump

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Published 20.34

 

María Corina Machado. Archive photo. Photo: Heiko Junge/NTB/TT

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado may not share her Peace Prize with US President Donald Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Nobel Institute have ruled.

“The rules are clear and well-established. Once a prize has been awarded, it cannot be withdrawn, shared or passed on to other people. That decision is final and valid for all time,” they wrote in a statement.

Machado is set to meet Trump next week.

“I would really like to personally tell him that we – the Venezuelan people, because this is a prize for the Venezuelan people – would like to give it to him and share it with him,” Machado told Fox News this week.

Since the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Washington has chosen, at least in the short term, to support the remnants of his regime, led by interim President Delcy Rodríguez.

After the capture, Trump said that Machado has neither “sufficient support nor respect within the country to lead a democratic transition.”