Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado on Friday dedicated the award to the "suffering people of Venezuela" and US President Donald Trump.
In her first public reaction to the win, Machado said her compatriots were counting on the United States and President Trump to achieve "freedom and democracy" in Venezuela, which is under the rule of President Nicolas Maduro.
"This immense recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is an impetus to conclude our task: to achieve freedom," she wrote on X.
"We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy," s