Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Venezuela Opposition Leader
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In awarding the Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized “a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”
Machado was blocked from running in her country’s 2024 presidential election and has worked tirelessly to unite forces resisting strongman President Nicolas Maduro. She has been forced to live in hiding over the past year due to threats against her life.