As Nobel Prize goes to Venezuela's opposition leader, how far would Trump go to help her?

Maria Corina Machado called on Donald Trump directly to help her country which continues to be at crisis.

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The hope is it will draw renewed international attention to their cause.

Responding to the prize, Machado directly called for help from the man who had hoped he would win it.

"Today more than ever we count on President Trump," Machado said.

She hopes through the help of him, the US, other nations in Latin America and "democratic nations of the world", Venezuela will "achieve freedom and democracy."