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Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal

  • On Thursday, Maria Corina Machado presented her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a closed-door lunch at the White House following private discussions.
  • After emerging from hiding last month, Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, sought U.S. backing and asked Trump to `advocate for the release of all political prisoners`.
  • The White House said it did not immediately confirm if President Donald Trump accepted the medal, while Karoline Leavitt called Maria Corina Machado `a remarkable and brave voice` but said the meeting did not change the president's view.
  • After leaving the White House, Machado greeted and hugged dozens of supporters near the White House gates and told them `We can count on President Trump`; she later met with Capitol Hill senators.
  • The administration has also completed a $500 million oil sale and discussed $100 billion in investments, while U.S. forces seized the sanctioned tanker Veronica to control Venezuela's oil sector.
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said yesterday she had "presented" her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump, in an attempt to win over the US president after he sidelined her since the ouster of Nicolas Maduro. This "wonderful act of mutual respect", as Trump called it yesterday, comes in...

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María Corina Machado gave Trump her gold Nobel Prize medal during her visit, but the US President prefers another Venezuelan leadership.

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The leader opposed Maduro gave him a picture with her medal, with a message of thanks in English.

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Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday received the Nobel Peace Prize from Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado, who won last month.

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Just the News broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
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