(public domain picture of Alfred Nobel) María Corina Machado is celebrated as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and symbol of resistance to Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule. Yet her closest international alliances lie not with centrist democrats, but with a hard transnational right stretching from Washington to Madrid, Rome and Jerusalem. Mimeta examines how this shapes the meaning of “freedom” in and beyond Venezuela.
Artistic freedom in Venezuela is under siege. Since the disputed 2024 election, artists, curators, and cultural workers have faced escalating censorship, detentions, and intimidation. Musicians are banned, exhibitions shut down, and human rights advocates criminalized under vague “anti-hate” laws. As the government tightens control, Venezuela’s creative community continues to resist, documenting truth and dissent despite fear and exile.
