Trump Praises Venezuela’s Machado for Giving Him Her Nobel Medal

Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, arrives for a meeting at the White House in Washington on Jan. 15.Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

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By Kate Sullivan and Eric Martin

January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM UTC

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January 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump accepted Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize medal at a White House meeting on Thursday as she tries to get back in his good graces while the future of her country is being shaped by the US.