10/16/25 Afternoon CommStock Report – Ever heard of Maria Corina Machado?

I had not ever heard of Machado, until the Norwegian Nobel Committee named her to receive their Nobel Peace Prize for 2025. She is from Venezuela and was named for promoting democratic rights. There is not a lot of that going on around in the world these days. Things have been shifting in the opposite direction of democracy. She has been hard to find on purpose as if President Nicholos Madura could get his hands on her she may not ever be seen again.   She got the protests to his regime going in Venezuela. When contacted over her award she was quoted, “I do not deserve this”. I am sure that president Trump would suggest an alternative to her selection. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, when a Senator, promoted her nomination before joining the administration. President Theodore Roosevelt was warlike but won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating the end to a war between Russia and Japan. He was the first American to win the prize. I think that President Trump fits that category for wrangling a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. That was no small feat. He lacks the humility of Machado. Maybe that…