Despite State Of Emergency, Venezuela Makes Time For Award Shows

You would think that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wouldn’t have much time on his hands. Sure, his government can’t afford to keep the electricity on and hundreds of thousands of protestors have marched in the streets of Caracas demanding his departure, but the man has his priorities. Maduro managed to carve out time to create the Hugo Chavez Peace Prize, because that is sure to increase morale despite the country’s food shortage. “I’ve decided to create the Hugo Chavez prize for peace and the sovereignty,” Maduro said while unveiling another new statue of Chavez.

Any guesses who won the peace prize? Did Maduro look to his neighbors and consider Nobel Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia? LOL. Maduro awarded the peace prize to none other than Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sure, the UN is blaming Putin for aiding the Syrian government’s siege on civilians in Aleppo, but, as Maduro puts it, he’s just a “fighter for peace.”