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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado

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539 points pykello | 1 comments | 10 Oct 25 09:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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weli ◴[10 Oct 25 09:21 UTC] No.45536827[source]▶
Don't get me wrong. She has firmly opposed maduro and is a beacon of hope for many in Venezuela but she hasn't accomplished anything meaningful yet? She is just a career politician that just happens to be in the opposition of the venezuelan goverment when Maduro (a dictator) is in power. But she hasn't done anything extraordinary to merit the award.
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KingMob ◴[10 Oct 25 10:15 UTC] No.45537155[source]▶
That reminds me a bit of former winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who got the prize in 1991, while not having done or said that much at the time of the award, other than be a political prisoner.

I respect that she opposed the Burmese military junta most of her life, but then a year after coming to power in 2015, she defended the military against charges of complicity in the Rohingya genocide to preserve her fragile government.

Personally, I think the Peace Prize shouldn't go to politicians at all.

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SanjayMehta ◴[10 Oct 25 11:18 UTC] No.45537576[source]▶
Aung San Suu Kyi was just another "compliant native" similar to those the British installed prior to leaving the colonies.

The roadmap was laid out by Cecil Rhodes in his letters and will and extensively documented in "The Secret Society" by Robin Brown.

It's quite fascinating to see their networks with the benefit of hindsight. For example, Mountbatten installed Nehru as the first unelected PM of India.

Aung San Suu Kyi was educated in New Delhi India and during that time, she lived in Nehru's home.

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1. prashantsengar ◴[10 Oct 25 17:12 UTC] No.45541293[source]▶
Calling Nehru "installed" by Mountbatten misses the crucial context of the time. Nehru was the undisputed leader of the Indian National Congress, which had been the primary force behind the independence movement for decades and had overwhelming popular support. Mountbatten's appointment was more of a constitutional formality in the transfer of power, not an act of kingmaking. It's like saying the Chief Justice "installs" a newly elected president.

The same goes for the Aung San Suu Kyi connection. Labeling her a "compliant native" seems to ignore the 15 years she spent under house arrest actively fighting against a military junta. That's a pretty high price to pay for being a supposed puppet.