Oslo, Oct 10: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her steadfast commitment to democracy and her leadership in uniting Venezuela’s fragmented opposition against authoritarian governance.

Announcing the decision in Oslo, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, hailed Machado as a “key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided – an opposition that found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government.”

Born in 1967, Machado has long been one of Venezuela’s most prominent voices for freedom, democracy, and human rights. A former presidential candidate and founder of the opposition party Vente Venezuela, she has faced intimidation, political persecuti

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