{"id":11328,"date":"2026-01-11T13:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11328"},"modified":"2026-01-11T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:08:32","slug":"nobel-institute-rejects-maria-corina-machados-offer-to-share-peace-prize-with-trump-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11328","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Institute rejects Mar\u00eda Corina Machado\u2019s offer to share peace prize with Trump | Nobel peace prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The organisers of the Nobel peace prize have said it \u201ccannot be revoked, shared or transferred\u201d after Venezuela\u2019s opposition leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/maria-corina-machado\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/a>, said she wanted to give her award to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When Machado was named Nobel laureate in October, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/10\/trump-nobel-peace-prize-reaction\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">seen as a snub<\/a> by the White House, despite Machado rushing to dedicate the prize to the US president and his \u201cdecisive support of our cause\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump has made no secret of his strongly held desire to be awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/nobelpeaceprize\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Nobel peace prize<\/a>, the winner of which is selected by an independent five-person committee in Oslo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After the US launched airstrikes and a raid in Venezuela that led to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/03\/why-trump-us-attacked-caracas-captured-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">seizure of its leader, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>, Machado last week told Fox she wanted to \u201cgive it to him [Trump] and share it with him\u201d on behalf of the Venezuelan people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWhat he has done is historic. It\u2019s a huge step towards a democratic transition,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"73c6b0e5-1145-4428-9e52-f4ee035248e5\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.YoutubeBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"YoutubeBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;fad2633b-6d6c-4398-8d27-8c059b3de409&quot;,&quot;assetId&quot;:&quot;7j2KRjk00tc&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:5,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false,&quot;expired&quot;:false,&quot;posterImage&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/media.guim.co.uk\/b908cd1c735c8916f687c270e189907be642a6d7\/0_0_1920_1080\/1920.jpg&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:215,&quot;mediaTitle&quot;:&quot; Dense, sticky and heavy: why Venezuela\u2019s oil is valuable to Trump \u2013\u00a0video 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height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 23\"><path d=\"M3.2 0l-3.2 3.3v16.4l3.3 3.3h18.7v-23h-18.8m30.4 1l-8.6 8v5l8.6 8h2.4v-21h-2.4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\"> Dense, sticky and heavy: why Venezuela\u2019s oil is valuable to Trump \u2013\u00a0video explainer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Asked whether he would accept the Nobel peace prize from Machado, Trump, who has said he will meet with Machado in Washington this week, said \u201cthat would be a great honour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute have since issued a warning indicating that such a transfer of the award would not be possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe facts are clear and well established,\u201d they said in a statement. \u201cOnce a Nobel prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"a2a13efd-7205-49a8-ae67-ace3da865d96\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:9,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018Follow the path of exiles\u2019: Mar\u00eda Corina Machado\u2019s US-aided escape from Venezuela&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;a2a13efd-7205-49a8-ae67-ace3da865d96&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/dec\/11\/maria-corina-machado-nobel-peace-prize-venezuela-escape&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;isInStarRatingVariant&quot;:false}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Neither Alfred Nobel\u2019s will nor the statutes of the Nobel Foundation make any mention of being able to withdraw the Nobel prize, they said, citing the statutes, which say: \u201cNo action may be brought against the decision of the awarding committee in Stockholm or Oslo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">None of the awarding committees have ever considered withdrawing a Nobel prize, they said, adding: \u201cIn principle, the Norwegian Nobel Committee never comments on what peace prize laureates say or do after they have been awarded the prize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Machado, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/dec\/15\/maria-corina-machado-venezuela-norway\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">escaped Venezuela in December to secretly travel to Oslo<\/a> with the intention of attending the Nobel prize ceremony, also spoke in support of Trump\u2019s military invasion of Venezuela and removal of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. So far, Trump has held off from backing her to lead the country and has put Washington\u2019s support behind Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, Maduro\u2019s deputy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cA lot of people, most people, said it was impossible to achieve what he has just done on Saturday, 3 January,\u201d Machado told Fox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Nobel #Institute #rejects #Mar\u00eda #Corina #Machados #offer #share #peace #prize #Trump #Nobel #peace #prize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organisers of the Nobel pe&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}