Machado’s Nobel Prize is even more significant in light of recent U.S. military actions near Venezuela...A Nobel Prize that rewards peace should be viewed as a warning against military overreach.
[T]he U.S. led postwar order is unravelling. In its place, a contest for influence and legitimacy is gathering pace, with China eager to fill the vacuum.
Thus, the dear leader (or “daddy,” as some European leaders have grown fond of calling him) instructed his officials to “start the exact same process that has been done with colleges and universities where tremendous progress has been made.”