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Venezuela's opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, says she gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to the president, describing it as a historic gesture recognizing his commitment to freedom and the fight against tyranny.
And speaking of Venezuela, another oil tanker linked to Venezuela was seized in the Caribbean by the Department of War.
That makes it now six oil tankers captured.
Esittelin Yhdysvaltojen presidentin nobelprisepriisiin. Ja sanoin hänelle tämän, kuuntele tämän. 200 vuotta sitten
General Lafayette gave Simon Bolivar a medal with George Washington's face on it. It was given by General Lafayette as a sign of the brotherhood between the United States, people of the United States and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny.
And while this was all going on in Washington, she was delivering her State of the Union address in Caracas. She told Parliament Venezuela was engaging with the US. There is a stain on relations between the United States and Venezuela, and we said that we would resolve it diplomatically, face to face, as Bolivar taught us, and not be afraid. Let us not be afraid of diplomacy.
I presented the president of the United States the medal.
200 years ago, General Lafayette...
gave Simon Bolivar a medal as a sign of the brotherhood between the United States, people of the United States and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny.
I presented the president of the United States the medal.
200 years ago, General Lafayette...
gave Simon Bolivar a medal as a sign of the brotherhood between the United States, people of the United States and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny.
I presented the president of the United States the medal.
200 years ago, General Lafayette...
gave Simon Bolivar a medal as a sign of the brotherhood between the United States, people of the United States, and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny.
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but she attracted huge crowds on the election campaign. Opposition parties united behind a candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, to take her place, and afterwards they published tallies from electronic voting machines, which they said definitively showed they, not Nicolás Maduro, had won the election. She has been living in hiding ever since, but briefly travelled to Oslo last year to collect the Nobel Peace Prize. Donald Trump had made it clear he believed he should win the prize, and there was some speculation that
Since the US intervention, she has called for the release of political prisoners in Venezuela. For months she has advocated closer ties with the US and a free market, pro-business approach, including an opening up of the oil industry to foreign companies. She told Fox News her movement was ready to win a free election, but she added she had not spoken to Donald Trump since 10 October.
President Trump, though, seems to have different plans. He said the US had to fix the country before elections could be held, and has reiterated his belief the US is in charge. In reality, the Venezuelan government is still running the country, but he has threatened the new president, Delcy Rodriguez, with a worse fate than Mr Maduro, if she doesn't do, in his words, the right thing.
The regime previously thought that they could do anything.