Maria Corina Machado Nobel Peace Prize 2025
October 10, 2025
8:06 am
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria CorinaMachado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts defending democratic rights amid authoritarian rule. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 10, 2025 in Oslo, citing her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
The Nobel Committee praised Machado’s resistance against Venezuela’s authoritarian drift under President Nicolás Maduro. Her recognition comes despite her being barred from running for president in 2024 and currently living in hiding under threat of arrest.
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