Venezuela's Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, widely regarded as the second most powerful figure in the Maduro government, claimed that opposition leader and newly minted Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado received the award through political deals and promises to foreign interests.
Speaking during his weekly television program, Cabello alleged that Machado's Nobel recognition "was bought" through negotiations involving U.S. and Norwegian figures dating back to 2024. He said Republicans including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Senator Rick Scott, and UN Ambassador Mike Waltz had "bet on Machado" as a potential operator in Venezuela.
