The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Marina Corina Machado, dashing the hopes of US President Donald Trump. Machado is Venezuela's main opposition leader who is in hiding. The award was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

Why Maria Corina Machado won Nobel Peace Prize 2025

She won "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," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation.

Why Nobel Peace Prize commitee picked Maria Corina Machado for the award? What is the criteria?

Machado meets all three criteria stated in Alfred Nobel's will for the selection of a Peace Prize laureate, the selection committee said.

"She has br

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