By Nicolas Romero Reeves on October 13, 2024
Chile’s Boric a supporter of Machado and Zelensky
The recent support of Gabriel Boric’s government—through its foreign minister and figures from his coalition such as Jeannette Jara—for the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado is not only incomprehensible: it is an affront to common sense and Latin American sovereignty.
While the United States deploys ships in the Caribbean under the pretext of “guaranteeing humanitarian corridors” and resumes its threatening rhetoric against Caracas, the Chilean government is joining a narrative that paves the way for a new imperial aggression against Venezuela.
The Chilean Foreign Ministry described Machado as “an undisputed and peaceful leader of the opposition” and spoke of “dictatorship in Venezuela.” But the context of these words is not insignificant: Washington is activating its diplomatic and military machinery around the resources of the Orinoco Mining Arc, while figures such as Machado and her political sector have openly supported intervention mechanisms such as the TIAR, coordinated from the US Congress.
Machado, far from being a “peaceful leader,” represents the last bastion of the Venezuelan opposition most subordinate to the interests of Washington and Tel Aviv. In 2024, Machado disregarded the election results and financed violent groups—including former members of the Tren de Aragua—to organize “comanditos” that blocked streets, attacked the police, and sought to sow chaos.
At the same time, she has expressed her commitment to Zionism, promising to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to maintain full relations with a state that is currently committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who supports foreign military intervention in her own country and justifies war crimes committed in Palestine is a macabre joke. Even more so when a government that calls itself “progressive”, such as that of Gabriel Boric, validates that award and that narrative.
Boric—who has backed the Zelensky government in Ukraine (where there have been no elections since 2019), the dictatorship of Dina Boluarte in Peru (which emerged after a coup supported by Chile), and has strengthened ties with authoritarian regimes such as Morocco and the United Arab Emirates—demonstrates the moral and political inconsistency of Chilean progressivism today.
The endorsement of Machado’s Nobel Prize by candidate Jeannette Jara, along with the Foreign Ministry, shows that this sector is not prepared to lead Chile in a context of global reconfiguration, marked by the decline of Western empires and the rise of a multipolar order.
Awarding Machado the Nobel Peace Prize is not a gesture for democracy, but a legitimization of coups, violence, and subordination to US foreign policy.
And Chile’s shameful participation in this diplomatic farce only confirms that part of its leadership still acts on its knees before imperial power.
Source: Revista del Frente