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00:00Machado. First we will open up for a too short introduction and then we will open up for questions.
00:06So please, Prime Minister.
00:08Well, first I'd like to express a very warm welcome on behalf of the government of Norway
00:12and may I say on behalf of all Norwegians to this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado
00:19to see you safe and sound at last. We waited for you and I told you today that that noble ceremony
00:27was not without you. You had a tremendous presence in that hall, not only the picture but also the voice
00:34of your daughter with reading your message. And the dinner at the hotel yesterday where we all kind of
00:42were counting down to see you arriving in Oslo was an emotional moment and I think it brought your
00:49message, your story and your struggle for democracy very close to the Norwegian public. And that was a
00:57strong moment, but all the better to see you here standing today. You are heartily welcome.
01:03The noble committee makes its choice on every year's prize based on interpreting the will of Alfred Nobel.
01:13And I think this year's prize has a special significance by the very strong emphasis of the
01:18relationship between democracy that works as a democracy and the way to freedom and peace.
01:24Not only between nations, but in nation. So in Venezuela we have a situation where an authoritarian regime
01:37is waging war on its people with millions of refugees and injustice. And there cannot be peace until democracy and elections are respected.
01:47So that is the message that we are receiving. So that is the message that we are receiving of great importance for Venezuela,
01:55but also a message that has universal bearing. And this is all about fighting for your fundamental human rights at a time when
02:03democracy is under threat. There are so many countries where this is relevant today. Unfortunately, there are fewer democracies,
02:10more authoritarian regimes, more authoritarian regimes, that is the trend. So I would like simply to salute you,
02:16Madam Laureate, for your struggle. It has cost you a lot. It costs you and your family and your people a lot. And I think what we
02:25heard from your daughter yesterday and from your family and the people who came here, thinking about those who are today in jail,
02:31those who suffered, those who have aspirations for democracy, that is a strong message of these noble laureate days in Oslo.
02:42But Maria, please, you have the floor.
02:44Thank you very much, Prime Minister. And thank you all. And I want to speak to the Norwegian people,
02:53to European people, to the Venezuelan people. I would say to all citizens of the world in this hour,
03:00and assure you that I am very hopeful Venezuela will be free, and we will turn a country into a beacon of hope,
03:10an opportunity of democracy. And while we will welcome not only the Venezuelans that have been forced to flee,
03:17but citizens from all over the world that will find a refuge as Venezuela used to be decades ago.
03:24And as I mentioned, well, Ana Corina read yesterday, I believe that our experience in Venezuela conveys to the world a testimony
03:40that certainly in order to have peace, you require democracy. Democracy is the system that enables peace in a society.
03:50But you cannot have democracy without freedom. And freedom is an individual decision, a rational decision.
04:01And it's the sum of these individual conscious decisions that bring that collective ethos that creates the force,
04:11the strength, and the courage to fight for freedom, to defend it when you've got it.
04:17And that courage comes from the things that truly matter in your life, the things that you love.
04:26And when you feel that those things are most in danger, the courage increases.
04:33That's why I am convinced that peace ultimately is an act of love.
04:39And that's what brought me here, the love of millions of Venezuelans for our country, for freedom, and for our children.
04:51And I believe there is no other generation in the history of Venezuela that loves more freedom or family and our soul or territory,
05:04the possibility of actually being in your homeland, moving freely in your homeland, because we have lost it.
05:12And as I mentioned to you, the force that brought this country, our nation together, was this longing that we want our children back home.
05:24And we will not stop until they do that, and we give them a country in which they can live with dignity, with justice, and the responsibility that comes with freedom.
05:39So, we have great admiration for Norway's institutions and democracy.
05:47We share benefits that nature has given us, and we admire the way this society has used them on behalf of your people.
06:02Quite the country of what has happened in Venezuela.
06:04So, we have to learn, and we have used Norway as an example several times during these decades.
06:10And believe me, we will turn Venezuela into that energy, technological, and democracy hub of the Americas.
06:19And we count on you.
06:21And I, you know, long for that day, and we will host all of you in a bright, democratic, and free country.
06:29And it's going to be soon.
06:30So, thank you very much, and very honored and grateful to the Novel Committee for this recognition to the Venezuelan people, to a great movement.
06:41I'm just one of the millions of people that form it.
06:48And I do believe it is a recognition to democracy as well.
06:52So, thank you very much.
06:56So, then we open up for questions, and the first question comes from the Norwegian broadcaster, TV2.
07:02So, Fyrel Somdil from TV2 in Norway, I have a question for you, Maria Corina Machado.
07:07You arrived just a few hours ago, and you got to reunite with your family in a very long time.
07:14How was that first meeting, and how has your first hours in Oslo been?
07:24I couldn't sleep last night, going over and over again, that first instant when I saw my children.
07:32And for many weeks, I had been thinking of that possibility, and which one of them I would hug first.
07:42And to tell you something, I hugged them the three at the same time, and it's been one of the most extraordinary spiritual moments of my life.
07:55And that happened in Oslo, so I'm very grateful to this city, something I will never forget, because at the end, I'm just one of millions of Anaslan mothers that are longing to embrace their children, and are not able to do that.
08:09That brings us together, and I made a promise to them, I would come here on their behalf to receive the prize, and I will take that prize back to them, because we will make it what I experienced hours ago, we will make it a reality for every one of them.
08:31Those that have their children in jail, persecuted in exile, we will make that happen.
08:36The next question comes from the Swedish broadcaster, Sveriges Radio.
08:42Hello, David Westensson, Swedish Radio.
08:46Yesterday, the U.S. seized a ship outside the coast of Venezuela.
08:52Would you welcome a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela?
08:58Look, some people talk about invasion in Venezuela, the threat of an invasion in Venezuela.
09:05And I answered, Venezuela has been already invaded.
09:09We have the Russian agents.
09:11We have the Iranian agents.
09:13We have terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, operating freely in accordance with the regime.
09:19We have the Colombian guerrilla, the drug cartels that have taken over 60 percent of our populations.
09:26And not only involved in drug trafficking, but in human trafficking, in networks of prostitution.
09:32So this has turned Venezuela into the criminal hub of the Americas.
09:37And what sustains the regime is a very powerful and funded, strongly funded repression system.
09:45Where does that funds come from?
09:47Well, from drug trafficking, from the black market of oil, from arms trafficking, for human trafficking.
09:54We need to cut those flows.
09:56And once it happens and repression is weakened, it's over.
10:03Because that's the only thing the regime has left, violence and terror.
10:06So we ask the international community to cut those sources.
10:11Because the other regimes that support Maduro and the criminal structure are very active.
10:18And have turned Venezuela into the safe heaven for their operations into the rest of Latin America.
10:26The next question comes from the Norwegian broadcaster, NRK.
10:31I'm Marit Fosterbrotten from Norwegian Broadcasting.
10:34You have had meetings with politicians at the Norwegian parliament and prime minister this morning.
10:39Have you asked for any kind of support from the Norwegian government for your fight for democracy in Venezuela?
10:46We had a great conversation this morning.
10:49And I am very excited also with what I experienced at the parliament.
10:54I am a former member of a parliament.
10:57And to see an actual parliament working, you know, with representatives of parties in all the spectrum, you know, passionately and respectfully defending their views is something I, you know, mean so much.
11:13And yes, the answer is yes.
11:15Not only right now, we need to speak out, to tell the truth so that people understand what our country is suffering, what our political prisoners are going through.
11:29Children in Venezuela only go twice a week to public schools because teachers earn $1 a day.
11:37So they have to have to get other jobs.
11:40So we have our children in the streets.
11:43And you know what it means in terms of the future and the risks they run.
11:47So, yes, we need to speak out.
11:50We need to cut these resources that support repression now.
11:56But also, we will need a lot of ideas and advice regarding, you know, building up institutions such as the energy agency that we want to build in Venezuela for the new hydrocarbon sector that will, you know, arise in our country.
12:22Can I just follow up to say that the laureate does not have to ask for that support because we respect the will of the Venezuelan people.
12:30And that is clear.
12:31They expressed under very difficult circumstances their views in an election, which gave, according to all sources, international and domestic, overwhelming response.
12:42They want another course.
12:43They want a democratic regime.
12:46And for Norway, you know, respecting the rule of law and the main principles of the UN charter is key.
12:50So, we want to see that change happen.
12:54I think what we learned from these days, talking to not only Venezuelan guests, but also representatives of Latin America, is that you need a combination of what comes from inside and what comes from outside.
13:06And we are from outside.
13:08And we are, of course, ready to support Venezuela, democratic Venezuela, in building new and sound institutions.
13:14They can count on that.
13:15And the last question today comes from CNN.
13:19Hi, Margarina.
13:20I'm Pao Mosquera with CNN.
13:22So, now you've been in hiding for many, many months.
13:25Do you think that the government may have known where were you during this time?
13:30I don't think they have known where I have been, and certainly they would have done everything to stop me from coming here.
13:41And, actually, I want to take advantage of your question to thank all those men and women that risked their lives so that I could be here today.
13:56One day, I will be able to tell you, because certainly I don't want to put them in risk right now.
14:04It was quite an experience, but I think it's worthwhile being here with you, telling the world what's happening in Venezuela, what it means to you as Norwegians and as Europeans or from all the places where you come from.
14:24Why Venezuela matters for the world.
14:28I mean, when you fight for freedom, you're fighting for humanity, and when we win because we will, this will be an extraordinary example for those countries that today do not have freedom and that people are telling them what we used to hear, that it was impossible, impossible to achieve it.
14:51And we decided to fight until the end, and we decided to fight until the end, and Venezuela will be free, and of course it's worthwhile.
14:59And when I go back, the regime will, well, there are two possibilities, certainly where the regime will be, but if it's still in power, certainly I will be with my people, and they will not know where I am.
15:18We have ways to do that, and we have ways to do that, and to take care of us.
15:25I'm sorry.
15:26Well, so this is the end of this press conference.
15:30I think we're going to have another conference right now, and I'm going to speak in Spanish if I want to respect the decisions of the Prime Minister.
15:38Great.
15:39Thank you so much for coming.
15:41Thank you very much.
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