Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who recently won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has become the center of attention on social media — not just for her global recognition, but for her decade-old tweets quoting Mahatma Gandhi.
As users celebrated her historic win, screenshots of her 2010 posts resurfaced, showing how she once drew inspiration from Gandhi’s message of peace, justice, and dignity.
Old Tweets Resurface After Nobel Win
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) dated May 2010, Machado wrote in Spanish, “Almost everything you do will be insignificant, but you must do it. Mahatma Gandhi.”
Casi todo lo que realice será insignificante, pero es muy importante que lo haga. Mahatma Gandhi
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) May 2, 2010
Two other tweets from the same year have also gone viral. One read, “If peace is the law of our existence, the future belongs to the woman. Gandhi.”
Si la paz es la ley de nuestro existir, el futuro pertenece a la mujer. Gandhi. (Para MT) Felicidades a todas!!
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) March 9, 2010
The third tweet stated, “As soon as someone understands that obeying unjust laws is contrary to their human dignity, no tyranny can dominate them. Gandhi.”
“En cuanto alguien comprende que obedecer leyes injustas es contrario a su dignidad de hombre, ninguna tiranía puede dominarle” Gandhi
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) April 14, 2010
These resurfaced quotes are being widely shared across platforms, with many calling it a “full-circle moment” as the Nobel Committee honored her for her peaceful struggle for democracy and human rights in Venezuela.
Gandhi’s Connection to the Nobel Peace Prize
Interestingly, Mahatma Gandhi himself never received the Nobel Peace Prize despite being nominated five times — in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and again in 1948, days before his assassination.
The official Nobel website later acknowledged this omission. When the Dalai Lama won the award in 1989, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee remarked that it was “in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.”
Machado’s Recognition and Global Reaction
The Nobel Committee praised Machado’s courage and leadership. “As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, María Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times,” the committee said in its statement.
Her win has sparked widespread discussions online — both about Venezuela’s political crisis and Gandhi’s enduring influence on global peace movements.
Meanwhile, former US President Donald Trump, who had been actively campaigning for the award, was also among the nominees this year.
