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Venezuelan Opposition Leader And Nobel Prize Winner Claims Military Escalation Is The Only Way To Remove Maduro (www.latintimes.com)
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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said military escalation is the "only" way to remove authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro from power.

"The increase in pressure and the escalation that's taken place is the only way to force Maduro to understand that it's time to go," and "facilitate a peaceful and orderly transition," Machado told Bloomberg.

The comments come as the Trump administration has reportedly made the decision to strike military facilities inside Venezuela, with attacks potentially taking place at any time.

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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Evidently military escalation is peaceful and orderly.

Thanks Nobel committee! You really introduced us to a great thinker.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    It was appeasement. They knew damn well they couldn't give it to Trump so they gave it to her to keep the CIA off their backs.

    Unfortunately for Norway it will only be a temporary fix. As the Arctic sea ice melts a new shipping lane opens up between Russia/China and Europe which the US will seek to control.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They might as well have just given it to Trump. They've destroyed their credibility worse than it already was.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They always seem to give their prize to someone who advocates for the empire. Even those who call for crushing sanctions against the citizens of their own country.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    There have been some truly despicable recipients, but I don't think any of them publicly craved it with the crass vulgarity that Trump did.

    I can't help but think that at least part of that was to test Norway's loyalty to the empire.

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    • [–] 13 points 1 year ago*

    Anticommunists in 1948: The commies think war is peace!!!!

    Anticommunists in 2025: War has always been peace, actually.

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Disgusting war propagandist inperialist stooge.

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    "Nobel Peace Prize" winner

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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is sick and the Nobel Prize Committee should be deeply ashamed.

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    [–] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Peace Prize winner says war is the answer. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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    • [–] 44 points 1 year ago

    Nobel gave the award to an idiot. You don't get to pick your government when the US comes knocking for oil, especially now. Argentina says "Hola and Auf Wiedersehen."

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As an American I don't fucking care. As in I do not want to get involved we got to fix our own shit.

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    • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    “facilitate a peaceful and orderly transition,”

    "Let's kill a bunch of people, so that we can then have peace"

    what drugs are these people on?

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    yeah, how the fuck did she win a Nobel Peace prize? her intention is to leverage it for war. It’s fucking crazy.

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    • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Confirmation a Nobel isn't proof you're smart. Sorry, just because they wanna get rid of the current one, it doesn't mean the people will like the new one.

    I'm betting we're about to see the Venezuelan political pendulum swing with the impertus of a howitzer shell towards fascism.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’m betting we’re about to see the Venezuelan political pendulum swing with the impertus of a howitzer shell towards fascism.

    Implying it's not already fascist?

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    • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    That may be. Too bad USA leadership didn't bother including any of these rationales with the public

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Peace by war. Classic

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