Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was named as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Price, the Norweigian Nobel Committee announced in a news release shared on Friday (October 10).

Machado, 58, who is currently in hiding after her attempted run against President Nicolás Maduro , was honored for keeping "the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness" in Venezuela.

"She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize 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 news release states. "As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recen

See Full Page