The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado rather than Donald Trump , who has openly expressed his desire to win the honor. On October 10, 2025, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Machado’s recognition 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.”

“Maria Corina Machado meets all three criteria stated in Alfred Nobel’s will for the selection of a Peace Prize laureate,” the committee indicated in its announcement. “She has brought her country’s opposition together. She has never wavered in resisting the militarisation of Venezuelan society. She has been steadfast in her support for a peaceful transition to democ

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