We, the undersigned, reject the decision of the Nobel Committee to award the Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, and we consider this decision an act that promotes war in Latin America and encourages terrorism.
We believe it is no coincidence that this decision was
made at a time when a U.S. fleet stationed in the Caribbean threatens
Venezuela. The decision to exalt a figure such as María Corina Machado is part
of the media offensive preparing world public opinion to bring war to Latin
America.
Those who made this decision are neither innocent nor
confused. They are promoting a figure who has been involved in every attempted
coup d’état, in terrorist activities, who has openly called for military
aggression against Venezuela, and who represents the worst of the Venezuelan
right — directly linked to international Zionism, having explicitly supported
the genocide against the Palestinian people, and to the warlike wing of the
Trump administration, led by Marco Rubio.
Five hundred years after the invasion of the Americas,
European governments and institutions such as the Nobel Committee reaffirm
through such acts their colonialist and racist practices.
We, the undersigned — who have upheld the Bolivarian
Revolution and, in recent years, have held differing opinions regarding the
Maduro government — today reaffirm our support for its decision to mobilize and
arm the people in the face of imperialist aggression.
For us, there is no other stance than to support the
Venezuelan people’s decision to rise up and defend their sovereignty and their
government.
