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The Nobel committee chose Machado over President Donald Trump, who had publicly campaigned for the award.
The Trump administration is conducting military strikes on alleged drug trafficking vessels from Venezuela.
Simultaneously, the administration is seeking to end temporary protected status for over 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S.
The Nobel Peace Prize went to an opposition leader calling for democracy in at a time when the is waging a military campaign on the South American country while simultaneously seeking to expel hundreds of thousands of its nationals from the United States.
The Oslo-based Norwegian Nobel Committee chose Maria Corina Machado over , who had waged an intense and unprecedented public campaign for the prestigious annual award.
Trump had gone