Venezuelan opposition leader and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has sparked outrage after calling for US military intervention against her own country to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
In a Bloomberg interview Machado said Washington’s growing naval buildup off Venezuela’s coast was “the only way” to force Maduro from power, arguing that escalating military pressure is necessary to “enforce the will of the Venezuelan people.”
The United States has intensified its anti-drug campaign in the Caribbean, deploying warships and striking alleged smuggling vessels near Venezuelan waters. Although President Donald Trump has denied authorising direct attacks, reports suggest US officials have discussed potential targets in Venezuela amid rising tensions.
Machado, barred from running in last year’s election, claims Maduro “illegally” seized power and that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia was the true winner. She said the ousting of Maduro would not be “regime change,” but “the dismantling of a narcoterrorist structure.”
Maduro has accused Machado of fronting US-backed efforts to destabilise Venezuela and funnelling foreign money into anti-government movements. In response to U.S. military threats, Caracas has sought closer security ties with Russia, China, and Iran, while condemning Washington’s actions as an attack on national sovereignty.
Despite the controversy, Machado doubled down, asserting that even the threat of U.S. force could trigger a transition. “It’s absolutely indispensable to have a credible threat,” she said, claiming that most of Venezuela’s military and police are ready to join the opposition “as soon as it starts.”
Russia, which reaffirmed a defense partnership with Venezuela this week, denounced Machado’s remarks and the US naval buildup as reckless provocations that risk igniting a new regional conflict.
An absolute farce: 2025 Nobel ‘Peace’ Prize Winner and veteran CIA asset Maria Corina Machado endorses US military action against her own country to topple Nicolas Maduro.
A Nobel ‘Peace’ Prize winner calls for bombing her own country, after calling for the wholesale… https://t.co/EljQd6CG3k pic.twitter.com/iEjEAS86NK
— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) November 1, 2025
Machado CIA asset
it is called Treason.
Plenty of that on offer here, too….
Following in the illustrious, sell-out pawn footsteps of Juan Guaido and Zelensky.
Sure, most of the country want to hand over it’s assets to US interests, who wouldn’t.
The Nobel peace prize, what a laugh
“Oh yes, a paragon of peace and democracy, not to mention a loyal citizen of Venezuela.” The “Ignoble Prize” is an utter joke.