US EditionNobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado
Maria Corina Machado was recognized for her courageous advocacy for democratic rights and peaceful transition from dictatorship in Venezuela amid growing authoritarianism, chosen from 338 nominees.
- At the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway, on October 10, 2025, Jorgen Watne Frydnes announced Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
- The Nobel citation highlighted Machado's decades-long activism, saying she promoted democratic rights and faced forced hiding and barred presidential candidacy under the Maduro government.
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee called Machado 'one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America' and noted there were 338 nominations this year.
- The Nobel committee said the award will be presented in Oslo on Dec. 10 and carries a prize of $1.2 million, disappointing US President Donald Trump.
- By awarding Machado, the committee framed the prize as a defence of democracy, saying it recognises defenders at a time when democracy is under pressure globally.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize (World)
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman 'who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.' The former opposition presidential candidate was lauded for being a 'key, unifying figure" in the once...
Maria Corina has already made history. This is a recognition of the conviction that a free Venezuela, even by force, is really a triumph of peace. Peace does not necessarily go hand in hand with inert dialogues, but with the inflexible determination to actually (not fictitiously) occur and freedom prevails.
Speaker of Donald Trump is disappointed by the Nobel Peace Prize for María Corina Machado and sharply criticises the Nobel Committee.
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Venezuelan pro-democracy campaigner María Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.Despite an unprecedented – and public – campaign for the accolade by Donald Trump, the Norway-based prize committee chose Machado, in recognition of her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela”.Who is María Corina Machado?Now living in hiding and blocked from running for office, Machado is Venezuela’s main opposition leader …
Bwahahahahahaha. Nobel Peace Prize.
I want to thank the Nobel Committee for their anti-fascist stance and for their statement against the rise of so-called strongmen. Congratulations to a real fighter for democracy, María Corina Machado of Venezuela. Commiserations must go to a President...
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