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Friday, October 10, 2025
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Friday, October 10, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan activist Maria Corina Machado
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, January 9, 2025, the day before his inauguration for a third term. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
She won “for 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 Norwegian Nobel Committee says in its citation.
US President Donald Trump had made no secret of the fact that he was hoping to win the prize, but on Thursday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had held its final meeting earlier in the week, before Israel and Hamas agreed to Trump’s plan for ending the Gaza war.
AFP contributed to this report.
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