Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy” as the reason for the award.
This year, the committee chose to highlight Venezuela, amid widespread attention on U.S. President Donald Trump, who had repeatedly claimed he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Experts had noted beforehand that Trump was unlikely to win, as his actions were seen as dismantling the international order the Nobel Committee seeks to uphold.
The Nobel Peace Prize carries a reward of 11 million Swedish crowns, approximately $1.2 million, and will be presented in Oslo on 10th of December the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrialist who established the awards in his 1895 will.
