Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored her for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela" and her struggle to achieve a "just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy." Machado is a prominent figure in the opposition against the government of Nicolás Maduro. The award recognizes her long-standing activism and dedication to peaceful democratic change in the South American country. The announcement means US President Donald Trump, who was publicly backed for the prize by Israel's president earlier in the week, did not receive the award.