RedH accuse the far-right activist of endorsing foreign intervention and regional destabilization.
On Tuesday, the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (RedH) sent a letter to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee rejecting the awarding of the prize to Maria Corina Machado, a far-right activist known for her public statements in favor of U.S. military intervention against Venezuela.
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The letter was signed by dozens of intellectuals and artists from around the world, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina; former Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma; former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa Delgado; political philosopher Miguel Angel Perez Pirela; Argentine sociologist Atilio Boron; and Argentine journalist and writer Stella Calloni.
The full text of RedH’s letter follows:
“For several months, the Caribbean Sea has become the stage for an excessive and brazen military buildup, including an aircraft carrier, warships, fighter jets, helicopters, long-range missiles, nuclear submarines and thousands of soldiers.
This poses a grave threat to international peace and security, as recognized by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the majority of the region’s governments, and multiple political and social organizations of our peoples.
The U.S. government has made public its intention to overthrow the legitimate government of Venezuela in order to seize the world’s largest oil reserves.
In the midst of this clear violation of the United Nations Charter and international law, we are confronted with the unpleasant news that your Committee has decided to award this year’s prize to the main promoter of war, of the invasion of her own country, and of the destabilization of Venezuela and the entire region: Maria Corina Machado.
Know, gentlemen, that the prize you will award in a solemn ceremony is already stained with blood. As these lines are written, more than 80 Latin Americans have been killed through summary executions under the pretext of the fight against drug trafficking, carried out under the orders of Donald Trump and promoted and applauded by your laureate.
You also know of the close political ties between Machado and Benjamin Netanyahu, her support for the genocide against the Palestinian people, and for the wars of aggression promoted by Israel. What kind of peace will you speak of at your ceremony?
Remember, gentlemen, that in 2014 the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States unanimously adopted the proclamation declaring the region a zone of peace. Today, the Nobel Peace Prize has become a sort of 21st century Trojan horse, under whose aura the same crimes committed against the peoples of Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria are being planned and sought.
We, lovers of peace, reject wars and will continue fighting for genuine and true peace — one that can only be understood as a right of the peoples, inseparable from their self-determination and the defense of their sovereignty.
Finally, after the grotesque ceremony you will hold on Dec. 10, you will no longer have any moral authority to speak of peace or justice — words you manipulate at will to satisfy the geopolitical ambitions of the United States. These words belong exclusively to the peoples who struggle for their sovereignty.”
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, Honduras’ former president Manuel Zelaya, and the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel, gave a look at Maria Corina Machado’s trajectory. pic.twitter.com/zHZHbPjqxj
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