Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, sidelining President Trump who has openly campaigned for the honor.

The big picture: The prize is considered the world's top diplomatic recognition, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee's pick rebuffs Trump's attempts to sell himself as the world's greatest peacemaker.

Driving the news: The committee awarded Machado the honor Friday "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 58-year-old industrial engineer lives in hiding. Venezuela's courts blocked her from running for president and thus challenging President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013. • "Maria

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