Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela" by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

The committee chose to focus on Venezuela at this time, in a year dominated by US President Donald Trump's repeated public statements that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

Who is Maria Corina Machado?

- Maria received the Nobel Peace Prize 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.

- As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times.

- Announcing the

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