{"id":2529215,"date":"2026-01-03T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-winning-venezuelan-opposition-leader-humiliates-democrats-the-hour-of-freedom-has-arrived\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:36:07","slug":"nobel-winning-venezuelan-opposition-leader-humiliates-democrats-the-hour-of-freedom-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-winning-venezuelan-opposition-leader-humiliates-democrats-the-hour-of-freedom-has-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel-Winning Venezuelan Opposition Leader Humiliates Democrats: &#8216;The Hour of Freedom Has Arrived&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnobel-winning-venezuelan-opposition-leader-humiliates-democrats-the-hour-of-freedom-has-arrived%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An opinion article reports that Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader and recent Nobel Peace Prize recipient, publicly applauded President Donald Trump&#8217;s lightning operation to capture Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, posting on X &#8220;Venezolanos, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lleg\u00f3 la hora de la libertad<\/a>&#8221; (&#8220;Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived&#8221;). Citing CBS News, the piece notes Machado &#8211; who had been smuggled out of Venezuela to accept the prize &#8211; lauded Maduro facing international justice, restoring popular and national sovereignty, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-blasted-for-claiming-cubans-are-protesting-covid-cases-other-issues-so-disrespectful\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Blasted For Claiming Cubans Are Protesting \u2018COVID Cases,\u2019 Other Issues: \u2018So Disrespectful\u2019\">freeing political prisoners<\/a>, and rebuilding the country. the article frames her endorsement as evidence that critiques of the U.S. action from Democrats (including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Jim McGovern, and Sen. Ruben Gallego) are hypocritical or out of touch, arguing that even opponents of Trump can recognize when an management does something beneficial. It also repeats claims that Maduro&#8217;s regime subverted democratic elections and that removing him was good for venezuela,the United States,and the world. The tone is partisan and evaluative, defending the raid as justified and politically humiliating for Democrats who opposed it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democrats attacking President Donald Trump for toppling a dictator just got put on notice: Their worldview is bankrupt.<\/p>\n<p>The woman who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her defiance of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro published a full-throated endorsement of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-white-house-confirms-u-s-attack-venezuela-captured-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operation to capture Maduro<\/a> in a lightning raid on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>And she showed just how hollow the American left actually is.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-maria-corina-machado-releases-letter-read-text-maduro-capture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported, Mar&iacute;a Corina Machado, who had to be smuggled out of Venezuela to receive the Nobel Prize in Norway last month, published a statement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Ro... Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US ... \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X rejoicing in Maduro&rsquo;s downfall.<\/p>\n<p>It was headlined, in Spanish: &ldquo;Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Venezolanos, lleg&oacute; la hora de la libertad. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ehy20V1xm9\">pic.twitter.com\/ehy20V1xm9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mar&iacute;a Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaCorinaYA\/status\/2007473689583829046?\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The translated text, according to CBS News, was just as jubilant.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nicol&aacute;s Maduro from today will face international justice for the atrocious crimes committed against Venezuelans and against citizens of many other nations,&rdquo; Machado wrote. &ldquo;Given his refusal to accept a negotiated solution, the United States government has fulfilled its promise to enforce the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That opening paragraph, in essence, echoed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-sends-psa-calling-trumps-capture-maduro-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X post published<\/a> by Vice President J.D. Vance, who pointed out that Maduro had been offered &ldquo;off ramps&rdquo; by the Trump administration, and that what occurred Saturday night was a matter of bringing Maduro to justice.<\/p>\n<p>For Democrats, the next sentences were worse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The time has come for popular sovereignty and national sovereignty to prevail in our country. We are going to restore order, release the political prisoners, build an exceptional country, and bring our children back home,&rdquo; Machado wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the U.S. pretend to be the defenders of democracy, but if it means opposing Trump, they&rsquo;re more than willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cringe-worthy-video-shows-aoc-trying-squirm-condemning-maduro-confirms-zero-idea-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tacitly defend<\/a> the regime of a despot like Maduro. The now-former Venezuelan leader maintained power by making a mockery of elections, like the 2024 contest he claimed to win even as exit polls showed the opposition taking 70 percent of the vote, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2024\/07\/29\/venezuelas-president-maduro-2024-election\/74585323007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Machado&rsquo;s trumpeting of &ldquo;popular sovereignty&rdquo; was a call for actual democracy &mdash; one now possible in Venezuela thanks to Trump&rsquo;s action.<\/p>\n<p>And considering that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nobel-peace-prize-winner-dedicates-victory-president-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed public gratitude<\/a> to Trump when she was awarded the Nobel Prize, it was already clear that she favored Trump&rsquo;s high-pressure strategy on Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s no surprise that Machado rejoiced to see the socialist despot fall.<\/p>\n<p>As CBS News noted, it wasn&rsquo;t clear if she was even in Venezuela on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s a confirmation of how wrong the knee-jerk reaction of the American left to Trump&rsquo;s move really is.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSanders\/status\/2007509175883247805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont &mdash; a man with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bernie-trashes-trump-over-russia-fails-to-mention-his-own-honeymoon-was-in-ussr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unseemly soft spot<\/a> for leftist dictatorships &mdash; tried to have it both ways.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that Maduro&rsquo;s regime was &ldquo;corrupt and brutal&rdquo; but still claimed that Saturday&rsquo;s action had made &ldquo;the United States and the world less safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Machado&rsquo;s post is a firm rebuttal to that.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats like Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego likewise called it an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/congressional-democrats-rage-trumps-venezuela-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal war<\/a>.&rdquo; Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern used <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMcGovern\/status\/2007381598912819213?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an X post<\/a> to imply that Trump was blaspheming against the Democratic Holy Grail of health care by spending money on a military mission to rid the Western Hemisphere of a despot.<\/p>\n<p>Machado&rsquo;s post proved that to be pablum.<\/p>\n<p>What Machado&rsquo;s post did was bring reality into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>No institution run by human beings will ever be perfect &mdash; and that includes presidential administrations. Differences of opinion aren&rsquo;t anathema to politics. They&rsquo;re what make politics necessary.<\/p>\n<p>What Democrats blinded by a decade of Trump hatred fail to acknowledge is that even their opponent is capable of doing good.<\/p>\n<p>Removing the cancerous regime in Caracas was good for Venezuela, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wrath-american-justice-ag-pam-bondi-outlines-criminal-charges-put-maduro-away-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for the United States<\/a>, and for the world.<\/p>\n<p>And this one has earned the imprimatur of the most recent winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>For Democrats, the only word for it is &ldquo;humiliating.&rdquo; And they did it to themselves.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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