By Alexander Villegas

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Mariluz Palma, the head of Maria Corina Machado’s Vente Venezuela political movement in Colombia, does not sleep much these days. She says she was up before dawn on Friday, browsing social media, when she saw the news that Machado had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

“I was filled with tears, filled with strength to keep calling on all Venezuelans, to keep fighting for Venezuela’s freedom,” Palma told Reuters, adding that Venezuelans would be gathering on Sunday in Bogota to celebrate Machado’s win.

“Maria Corina deserves this prize and every prize she can get because she’s a woman who risked her life, businesses, family, everything for millions of Venezuelans,” Palma said.

Palma, 48, has spent the last five years as the national director of Vente Vene

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