00:00Hello. Hello. Yes, hello. Am I talking to Maria Corina Machado? Yes, this is Maria Corina.
00:14Yes, Maria Corina. My name is Kristian Berg-Arpbyken. 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. So, the warmest congratulations to you, Maria.
00:55Oh my god. Oh my god. Well, I have no words. Well, thank you so much, but I hope you understand
01:15this is a movement. This is an achievement of a whole society. I am just, you know, one
01:25person. I certainly do not deserve this. Oh my god. I think both the movement and you
01:35deserve it. So, I'm sure this comes as a surprise, and I'm sorry to have to wake you
01:43up in the middle of the night to convey this. We don't have much time. We actually are making
01:50the announcement just in a few minutes, but I want to quote just shortly from the text
01:58that will be announced shortly, where it is said that you are receiving the prize for, and
02:05here I quote directly from the announcement, for her tireless work promoting democratic rights
02:10for the people of Venezuela, and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from
02:17dictatorship to democracy.
02:22I'm honored, humbled, and very grateful on behalf of the Venezuelan people. We are not
02:31there yet. We're working very hard to achieve it, but I'm sure that we will prevail, and this
02:38is certainly the biggest recognition to our people that certainly deserve it. So, thank you very much.
02:47Thank you very much.
02:49I'm very happy to hear your reaction. I do have to ask you, Maria, not to reveal this in the next five
02:58minutes until the official announcement is made here in Oslo, which is at 11 o'clock a.m. local time,
03:05five o'clock your time. After that, of course, you are more than welcome to tell anyone you would like,
03:15and by experience we know that the news will be out.
03:18I think it'll take me a lot longer to believe what I've just heard.
03:24Wow. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor, and I know it's a recognition to our people,
03:38to the Venezuelan people. Thank you so much.
03:39It certainly is, but it's also a recognition of yourself and what you have done.
03:44I look very much forward to speaking with you soon again.
03:47Me too. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. I am wordless, speechless, but thank you. Thank you.
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