Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday called opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a “demonic witch", two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democracy. The Nobel Committee praised Machado’s “tireless work” for human rights in Venezuela, long at odds with Washington since the Trump administration deployed warships nearby.
Issued on: 13/10/2025
By: FRANCE 24
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds up tally sheets during a protest against the reelection of President Nicolás Maduro, August 28, 2024. © Ariana Cubillos, AFP
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday branded opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a "demonic witch", two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee had named Machado as the winner, citing the 58-year-old's "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy".
The United States has long opposed the leftist Venezuelan leader's rule, and under President Donald Trump has deployed warships in Caribbean waters off Venezuela.
Maduro has accused Machado of calling for a foreign invasion.
"Ninety percent of the population rejects the demonic witch," Maduro said, without directly mentioning Machado or commenting on his political rival being awarded the prestigious prize.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday branded opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a "demonic witch", two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee had named Machado as the winner, citing the 58-year-old's "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy".
The United States has long opposed the leftist Venezuelan leader's rule, and under President Donald Trump has deployed warships in Caribbean waters off Venezuela.
Maduro has accused Machado of calling for a foreign invasion.
"Ninety percent of the population rejects the demonic witch," Maduro said, without directly mentioning Machado or commenting on his political rival being awarded the prestigious prize.
La lideresa opositora María Corina Machado se dirige a sus seguidores durante una protesta contra el presidente Nicolás Maduro, el día antes de su inauguración para un tercer mandato en Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 9 de enero de 2025. AP - Matias Delacroix
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The government often refers to her as "la sayona", a word that evokes a spirit in Venezuelan folklore who, like the opposition leader, has white skin and straight black hair.
"We want peace, and we will have peace, but peace with freedom, with sovereignty," Maduro said at an event commemorating the discovery of the Americas, celebrated in Venezuela as "Indigenous Resistance Day."
Machado supports US military maneuvers in nearby waters. She dedicated her Nobel prize "to the suffering people of Venezuela" and to Trump, who also was nominated for the award.
During an appearance Saturday on Fox News, Machado hailed Trump.
He "deserves" the award, she said, "because not only has he been involved in resolving eight wars in just a few months, but his actions have been decisive in bringing Venezuela to the threshold of freedom".
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
'Hand it back to the president': Top Trump aide asks Nobel winner to cede prize
David Edwards
October 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump smiles as he attends an event to announce that Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT
Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, called on Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado to relinquish the award to the president.
Following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza, Stone told Real America's Voice host Jack Posobiec that he was "not happy that the Norwegian-based Nobel Peace Prize Committee elected to give their award to Maria Corina Machado."
"The right thing to do would be for her to ask or maybe have Marco Rubio ask her if President Trump can give her the award," he insisted. "And then she should hand it back to the president."
"He deserves this award, even though I thought those elitist globalist freaks at the Nobel Peace Prize Committee would likely not give it to him."
Stone suggested that former President Barack Obama should not have received the award.
"I really think the president deserves this award," he remarked. "And I would hope that Maria Corina Machado would consider accepting it and giving it to the president, bestowing it to the president."
"Yeah, Roger, that's an incredible idea," Posobiec agreed. "So she'll get it there and then I suppose you'd have to bring it to, he could invite her to the White House perhaps and have the ceremony there and invite the Nobel Committee as well."
David Edwards
October 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump smiles as he attends an event to announce that Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT
Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, called on Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado to relinquish the award to the president.
Following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza, Stone told Real America's Voice host Jack Posobiec that he was "not happy that the Norwegian-based Nobel Peace Prize Committee elected to give their award to Maria Corina Machado."
"The right thing to do would be for her to ask or maybe have Marco Rubio ask her if President Trump can give her the award," he insisted. "And then she should hand it back to the president."
"He deserves this award, even though I thought those elitist globalist freaks at the Nobel Peace Prize Committee would likely not give it to him."
Stone suggested that former President Barack Obama should not have received the award.
"I really think the president deserves this award," he remarked. "And I would hope that Maria Corina Machado would consider accepting it and giving it to the president, bestowing it to the president."
"Yeah, Roger, that's an incredible idea," Posobiec agreed. "So she'll get it there and then I suppose you'd have to bring it to, he could invite her to the White House perhaps and have the ceremony there and invite the Nobel Committee as well."
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