The Nobel War Prize

Maria Corina Machado, the far-right Venezuelan politician who cheered coups, sanctions, and foreign intervention, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Washington calls her a “defender of democracy.” But for millions of Venezuelans, she embodies the opposite: the face of a violent, foreign-backed opposition that has tried for decades to destroy the Bolivarian Revolution. From supporting the 2002 coup that tore up Venezuela’s constitution to leading the deadly 2014 “La Salida” riots, Machado’s legacy is one of instability and bloodshed, not peace.

Her win exposes what the Nobel Peace Prize has become: not a measure of morality but a tool of empire. The same award once handed to Henry Kissinger and Barack Obama, men who waged wars across continents, now goes to a woman who urged Netanyahu to help “liberate” Venezuela.

Meanwhile, the true peacemakers, those who fought colonialism and imperialism across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, were honoured elsewhere with the Lenin Peace Prize. From Angela Davis to Nkrumah, Castro, and Mahmoud Darwish, revolutionaries who stood for humanity, not against it.