• Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.net
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    Giving the prize to a dissident, who you will find out have said the vilest shit ever if you take more than 5 seconds to read up on them, is a nobel prize classic at this point.

    Too bad liberals don’t ever read.

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      Case in point: Liu Xiaobo, the anti-PRC NED-funded “dissident” who won the Nobel peace prize in 2010.

      On Iraq:

      “Regardless of the savagery of the terrorists, and regardless of the instability of Iraq’s situation, and, what’s more, regardless of how patriotic youth might despise proponents of the United States such as myself, my support for the invasion of Iraq will not waver. Just as, from the beginning, I believed that the military intervention of Britain and the United States would be victorious, I am still full of belief in the final victory of the Freedom Alliance and the democratic future of Iraq, and even if the armed forces of Britain and the United States should encounter some obstacles such as those that they are currently facing, this belief of mine will not change.”[51]

      He also supported the US wars on Vietnam, Korea, and Bush’s invasion of Afghanistan.

      On Israel:

      “without America’s protection, the long persecuted Jews who faced extermination during World War II, would probably be drowned once more by the Islamic world’s hatred.”

      Advocating colonialism:

      It took 100 years of British colonialism to bring Hong Kong up to its level of development and public order, and that it might take 300 years to do the same for the Chinese mainland.

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      On 30 June 2023, she was disqualified for fifteen years by the comptroller general of Venezuela, after a request from the politician José Brito. The comptroller linked her to alleged crimes by Juan Guaidó and accused her of supporting sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis

      […]

      Political views

      Machado is anti-chavismo and has disagreed with other sections of the Venezuelan opposition.[104][105][106] In 2011, she campaigned as a promotor of “popular capitalism”.[106] Machado supports the privatization of state-run entities in Venezuela, including oil company PDVSA.[72][105] Machado has supported the international sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis,[72] and has advocated for foreign intervention to remove Maduro on humanitarian grounds.[107][108] In 2023, she ran as a candidate in the opposition presidential primaries.[109][110] The Maduro administration subsequently barred her from running.[111] She became the main driving force for the main opposition candidate, Edmundo González, who was allowed to compete by the Maduro regime.[112]

      Domestically, Machado has called for the banning of reelection to political office, is in favor of same-sex marriage, supports the legalization of medical cannabis, and has called for a national debate on the legality of abortion in cases involving risk to the mother’s life or instances ofremoved.[113] In a 2024 interview, Machado talked of making education available for all Venezuelans and of reforming the country’s judiciary.[114] On several occasions, Machado has identified the United Kingdom’s Margaret Thatcher as the politician she most admires.[115][116]\

      Foreign policy

      Regarding the Israel–Palestine conflict, Machado expressed her solidarity with Israel following the attacks of 7 October 2023.[117] She thanked Israel for its support of Edmundo González as president-elect,[118] and previously of Juan Guaidó as acting president.[119] Machado planned to reestablish diplomatic relations with Israel, which were cut in 2009 due to the 2008–2009 Gaza war.[119]

      In February 2025, Machado addressed a Patriots.eu rally in Madrid.[120][121] Machado is a strong supporter of United States President Donald Trump, whom she described in 2025 as a “visionary” in relation to his opposition to the Maduro regime in Venezuela.[122][123] After he deployed the Navy to the Caribbean in 2025, Machado praised the Trump administration.[124] She has expressed support for the use of force to depose the Maduro regime; one of her advisors told the New York Times that she has coordinated with the Trump administration and that she has a plan for the first hundred hours after his deposition

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Corina_Machado