MARÍA CORINA MACHADO: NEW NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER | THE EMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Vídeo Dailymotion

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00:00Hello. Hello. Yes. Yes. Am I talking to Maria Corina Machado? Yes, this is Maria Corina.

00:14Yes, Maria Corina. My name is Kristian Bergarpyken. I am the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel

00:26Committee in Oslo and I'm calling to inform you that in a few minutes it shall be announced

00:35here at the Nobel Institute that you will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025.

00:47Oh my god.

00:47So the warmest congratulations to you, Maria.

00:58Oh my god.

01:02Oh my god. Well, I have no words.

01:07Thank you so much, but I hope you understand this is a movement, this is an achievement of a whole

01:22society. I am just, you know, one person. I certainly do not deserve this. Oh my god.

01:33I think both the movement and you deserve it.

01:39So I'm sure this comes as a surprise and I'm sorry to have to wake you up in the middle of the night

01:44to convey this. We don't have much time, we actually are making the announcement just in

01:52in a few minutes, but I want to quote just shortly from the text that will be announced shortly,

02:00where it is said that you are receiving the prize for, and here I quote directly from the announcement,

02:07for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to

02:14achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

02:20I'm honored, humbled, and very grateful on behalf of the Venezuelan people. We're not there yet.

02:33We're working very hard to achieve it, but I'm sure that we will prevail, and this is certainly the

02:41biggest recognition to our people that certainly deserve it. So thank you very much. Thank you very much.

02:48Thank you very much. I'm very happy to hear your reaction.