Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado Wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of her decades-long fight for the republic under Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian rule.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised her “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.”
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado 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… pic.twitter.com/Zgth8KNJk9— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 10, 2025
Machado, long seen as a symbol of defiance, has endured importunity, bans from office, and pitfalls, yet she has not stopped challenging Venezuela’s governance.
The award sends an important political signal, spotlighting Venezuela’s mortal rights extremity and strengthening global support for popular reform.
In the UK, human rights groups called the decision “a victory for courage and resilience.” The official Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will take place in Oslo on 10 December 2025.
