Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize arrives at a moment when Washington is once again asserting power in Latin America under the language of democracy.
Long portrayed as a liberal reformer, Machado has supported U.S. sanctions on the Maduro government, endorsed calls for foreign intervention, and positioned herself as a key ally of Western interests. Her recognition by the Nobel Committee coincides with the resurgence of U.S. military activity in the Caribbean, including lethal strikes near Venezuelan waters.
This is the return of America’s regime-change doctrine: sanctions, military pressure, and the manufacturing of humanitarian legitimacy to justify coercive action. By awarding a peace prize to a figure who advocates external intervention, institutions of peace become instruments of empire.
