Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Prize for Peace comes in honour of 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 Nobel Committee’s choice has invited criticism, as some of its decisions have in the past. Machado has led a popular movement against the government in her country, which has been accused of authoritarian conduct. She has opposed Venezuela’s socialist governments, first under Hugo Chavez and then under the present President Nicolas Maduro.

Machado has been in hiding since August last year, following Maduro’s victory in an election held amid allegations of fraud. Hers is an important fight, considering that various international agencies, including UN bo

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