To the editor: I learn the letter to the editor from a reader blasting María Corina Machado for giving her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump (“Letters to the Editor: María Corina Machado demeans the Nobel Prize by handing it to Trump,” Jan. 17). I suppose it’s simple to criticize her from a rich, secure metropolis like Pasadena. Machado has not had that luxurious, having needed to keep on the transfer as a result of political persecution.
In her battle for her nation’s democracy, Machado realized she wanted the assistance of the USA, and to realize that help, she knew flattery was the one solution to achieve favor from our egotistical president (ask Russian President Vladimir Putin — he is aware of that negotiating tactic properly).
Machado solely had one bargaining device: her Nobel Prize. Who is aware of if it was even her concept to supply it — she might’ve been pressured to convey it as the one all-access cross for entry into the White Home. “Cringe-worthy”? How about brave and selfless?
It was her last-ditch effort for Venezuela, which sadly will in all probability not accomplish a lot. However I feel it’s unfair to criticize somebody if you actually do not know of what she has endured attempting to save lots of her nation.
Kendall Wolf, Encino
