Venezuelan Regime Denounces Nobel Peace Prize to Opposition Leader as Blood-Stained—A Sign of Desperation

In a brazen display of authoritarian defiance, Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez labeled the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to opposition figure María Corina Machado as a "prize stained with blood" during a state-broadcast session. This rhetoric not only reveals the regime’s unwillingness to face its democratic failures but also highlights the stark contrast between freedom fighters and despotic rulers in Latin America. When Authoritarianism Attacks Democracy, Who Stands for Venezuela? Rodríguez dismissed the Nobel ceremony as a "wake" and outright "failure," casting aspersions on Machado's absence by alleging fear. But who truly should be afraid? It is Chávez-Maduro loyalists whose...