{"id":511,"date":"2026-01-16T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/?p=511"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:18:48","slug":"nobel-institute-says-prize-title-cannot-be-transferred-as-machado-gives-trump-her-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/nobel-institute-says-prize-title-cannot-be-transferred-as-machado-gives-trump-her-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Institute says prize title cannot be transferred as Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Venezuelan opposition figure and last year\u2019s Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado says she gave Trump award out of &#8216;recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom&#8217; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By Michael Hernandez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON (AA) &#8211; Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday that she gave US President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize, defying the Nobel Committee&#8217;s emphasis that the award could not be transferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I presented the president of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize,&#8221; Machado told reporters at the Capitol after her meeting with Trump and later lawmakers. Machado said she gave Trump the prestigious award out of &#8220;recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nobel Peace Centre said that the medals cannot be shared or transferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said on X: \u201cOne truth remains \u2026 \u2018Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot,\u201d it underlined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION FIGURE MACHADO GIVES TRUMP NOBEL PEACE PRIZE\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5f-QVKo8VeU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, in a statement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said: \u201cThe facts are clear and well established. Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prize was awarded to Machado for her efforts to promote \u201cdemocratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Machado, who had been in hiding since Venezuela\u2019s 2024 elections, had urged the international community to take action against President Nicolas Maduro, who on January 3 was kidnapped by the US to New York to face charges. In 2018, she sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requesting his \u201cexpertise and influence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Trump had repeatedly suggested he deserved the honour, Machado received the prize \u201cfor her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.\u201d\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said it was his &#8220;Great Honour&#8221; to meet Machado at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* Diyar Guldogan from Washington, DC and Seda Sevencan from Istanbul contributed to this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Venezuelan opposition figure and last year\u2019s Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado says she gave Trump award out of &#8216;recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[68,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-nobel-peace-prize","9":"tag-trump"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}