Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Saturday she had “no regrets” about symbolically handing over her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump in January.“There is a leader in the world, a head of state in the world who risked the lives of his country’s citizens for Venezuela’s freedom,” she told a news conference in Madrid.Machado presented her Nobel Prize to Trump when she met him in the White House just two weeks after he ordered US forces to attack Caracas and snatch Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
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Venezuela’s Machado says ‘no regrets’ about giving her Nobel Prize to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado stated on Saturday she has "no regrets" about symbolically giving her Nobel Peace Prize to then-US President Donald Trump in January. Speaking at a news conference in Madrid, Machado explained that she gifted the prize to Trump because he was the only world leader who risked his country's citizens for Venezuela's freedom.
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado stated on Saturday she has "no regrets" about symbolically giving her Nobel Peace Prize to then-US President Donald Trump in January. Speaking at a news conference in Madrid, Machado explained that she gifted the prize to Trump because he was the only world leader who risked his country's citizens for Venezuela's freedom. The symbolic presentation occurred during a White House meeting two weeks after Trump ordered US forces to attack Caracas and capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Machado believes Trump's actions demonstrated his commitment to Venezuelan liberation.
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Machado presented her Nobel Prize to Trump in the White House.
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Maria Corina Machado said she had “no regrets” about giving her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump.
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There is a leader in the world who risked the lives of his country’s citizens for Venezuela’s freedom.
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Trump ordered US forces to attack Caracas and snatch Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
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