Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro called opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a "demonic witch" following her Nobel Peace Prize award, claiming that "90% of the population rejects her."
Maduro made the comments during an event to mark a new anniversary of the so-called "indigenous resistance," which substitutes Columbus Day. He avoided mentioning Machado by name, calling her the "the Sayona's demonic witch," a Venezuelan folk figure.
