00:00The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace, to a woman
00:11who keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness.
00:22The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.
00:35She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights
00:42for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition
00:51from dictatorship to democracy.
00:56As the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary
01:05examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times.
01:12Miss Machado has been a key unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply
01:20divided and a position that found common ground in the demand for free election and representative
01:29government.
01:32This is precisely what lies at the heart of democracy.
01:38Our shared willingness to defend the principles of popular rule, even though we disagree.
01:47At the time when democracy is under threat, it is more important than ever to defend this
01:55common ground.
01:58Venezuela has evolved from a relatively democratic and prosperous country to a brutal and authoritarian
02:08state that is now suffering a humanitarian and economic crisis.
02:14The most Venezuelans live in deep poverty, even as the few at the top enrich themselves.
02:24The violent machinery of the state is directed against its own population.
02:31Nearly eight million people have left the country.
02:37The opposition has been systematically suppressed by means of election rigging, legal prosecution,
02:45and imprisonment.
02:47Venezuela's authoritarian regime makes political work extremely dangerous.
02:55As the founder of Sumate, an organization devoted to democratic development, Ms. Machado stood
03:02up for free and fair elections more than 20 years ago.
03:09As she said, it was a choice of ballots over bullets.
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