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The group that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize rejected latest recommendations that Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado may give or share her award with President Donald Trump.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute shut down the concept Friday, after Machado steered that she may switch the distinguished award to Trump earlier this week.
“As soon as a Nobel Prize is introduced, it can’t be revoked, shared, or transferred to others,” the institute mentioned in an announcement. “The choice is remaining and stands forever.”
The assertion comes after Machado floated the concept throughout an look Tuesday on Fox Information’ “Hannity.”
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado waves on the Grand Lodge in Oslo, Norway, early Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix through AP)
“Did you at any level provide to provide him the Nobel Peace Prize?” Sean Hannity requested. “Did that truly occur?”
Machado responded, “Nicely, it hasn’t occurred but.”
“I actually would love to have the ability to personally inform him that we consider — the Venezuelan folks, as a result of this can be a prize of the Venezuelan folks — actually need to give it to him and share it with him,” Machado continued. “What he has performed is historic. It’s an enormous step in direction of a democratic transition.”
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Nobel officers mentioned the Peace Prize can’t be shared after Machado steered honoring Trump. (REUTERS/Maxwell Briceno and Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
On Jan. 3, Trump introduced that the U.S. had efficiently accomplished an operation to capture authoritarian Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who’s now going through drug trafficking prices in New York.
Trump was requested throughout an look Thursday on “Hannity” whether or not he would settle for the Nobel Prize from Machado.
“I’ve heard that she needs to try this,” Trump responded. “That might be an amazing honor.”
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Opposition chief Maria Corina Machado gestures throughout an anti-government protest on January 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela (Jesus Vargas/Getty Photos)
Machado secretly escaped Venezuela final month and traveled to Norway to obtain the Nobel Peace Prize, which she devoted to Trump.
“Let me be very clear. As quickly as I discovered that we had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I devoted it to President Trump as a result of I believed at that time that he deserved it,” Machado mentioned on “Hannity.” “And lots of people, most individuals, mentioned it was not possible to realize what he has simply performed on Saturday, January third.”
Trump mentioned he plans to meet with the Venezuelan opposition chief in Washington subsequent week.
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He has beforehand said that Machado “would not have the help inside or the respect inside the nation” to guide. Trump has supported acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime Maduro loyalist, who beforehand served as vice chairman beneath Maduro.
Fox Information Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
