All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg Nobel Peace Prize Winner: María Corina Machado on Defeating Maduro, Socialism & Freeing Venezuela
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Oct 28, 2025 
María Corina Machado, a 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Venezuelan opposition leader, shares her journey from organizing civic movements to challenging the Maduro regime. She discusses Venezuela's transformation from wealth to poverty, the rise of populism under Chávez, and the dire tactics of intimidation employed by the current government. Highlighting the mass exodus of Venezuelans, she emphasizes the importance of technology in mobilizing opposition. Machado also warns American youth about the risks of socialism, urging them to defend democracy.
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Wealth Needs Freedom And Institutions
- Venezuela's wealth requires institutions, talent, and freedom to become real prosperity.
- María Corina Machado says oil alone isn't wealth without democratic institutions and individual opportunity.
Oil Fueled Institutional Capture
- Petro-populism used oil windfalls to buy loyalty and undermine merit across institutions.
- Machado estimates over $2 trillion was stolen, concentrating obscene wealth in a criminal ruling class.
Violence Forced Her Into New Organizing
- Machado recounts being assaulted in the National Assembly after calling Maduro illegitimate.
- She says the attack and subsequent ejection pushed her to build a new civic organization and reach citizens directly.