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Maria Corina Machado has been awarded Nobel Peace Prize For his work in “promoting peace” in Latin America at a time when “democracy is at risk”.
The 58-year-old industrial engineer was declared the winner in an announcement by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo on Friday.
The Venezuelan opposition leader was honored “for his tireless work to promote democratic rights for the Venezuelan people and his struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation.
The politician is currently in hiding due to serious threat to his life.
While her family fled the country following threats, Ms. Machado chose to live in exile within Venezuela, the Committee noted in its speech.
“When totalitarians seize power, it is important to recognize the courageous defenders of freedom who rise up and resist,” it continued.
In January this year, Ms. Machado “Violently restrained” amidst gunfire. as she was leaving a protest in eastern Caracas. He was detained after appearing in public for the first time in some months.
Born in Caracas in 1967, the mother of three founded a foundation called Fundación Atenea for orphans living on the streets of her city. He was later forced to leave his role when he co-founded Sumate, which marked his official entry into politics.
Ms. Machado then founded the liberal political party Vente Venezuela, of which she became national coordinator. From 2011 to 2014, he served as a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
This news will be disappointing for the President donald trumpThe US leader has been engaged in peacekeeping efforts since returning to office in January this year – a look at the accolades. Over the past 24 hours, he shared several articles on Truth Social claiming he should win the prize for securing a peace deal between Hamas and Israel in Gaza.
Since his return to office, he has claimed to have stopped “seven wars”, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is still ongoing.
Trump is eager to be recognized around the world for his efforts to end the wars in which the US has been involved.
With the Israeli Prime Minister announcing his 20-point plan for Gaza benjamin netanyahuHe declared that the document would end “thousands of years” of conflict and that it was a “big, big day, a beautiful day”, and “probably one of the greatest days ever seen in civilization”.
He has spoken openly about his frustration with his colleagues’ reluctance to cooperate in taking aim at the Russian president Vladimir Putin as a “paper tiger” and said that Netanyahu was “cheating me” and was “so negative” about the attacks on Qatar and further delays in the ceasefire.
However, he has supporters around the world, including the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which said the president should win to bring “light to them in our darkest times”.
Pakistan had also nominated Mr Trump for his involvement in de-escalating the conflict between Pakistan and India earlier this year.
His efforts have been praised by some commentators as “historic”, as no previous leader had launched an initiative for Israeli–Palestinian negotiations on such a large scale and built a strong coalition of nations to work towards it.
Trump previously said of the award: “I should have gotten it four or five times.”
Ms Machado had previously thanked Mr Trump for targeting drug lords.
“We Venezuelans are extremely grateful to President Trump for his decisive and courageous action in dismantling the criminal enterprise that has taken over our country,” he wrote. The US leader has also expressed his support for Ms Machado’s work in return.
“I think it’s amazing, she’s an incredible woman,” said Adriana, a Venezuelan business graduate who lives in London. Independent.
“Her goal has always been to take peaceful action. She has always called for peaceful movements. She was running for election when the government disqualified her for some stupid reason. She organized witnesses to get proof of votes at thousands of tables across the country and that’s how she knew Edmundo Gonzalez won the election.”
The results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election were disputed and led to a political crisis in the country.
In March 2025, the Nobel Committee announced that 338 candidates had been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace PrizeOf which 244 are individuals and 94 are organizations.
The winner is awarded a $1.2 million (£902,000) prize, which will be presented at a ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of the Swedish industrialist’s death.
Previous award holders include activist Mother Teresa, South African leader Nelson Mandela and American politician Henry Kissinger.