New Delhi: Amid political turbulence in Venezuela and its standoff with the US, bringing the spectre of conflict – embroiling major parts of the globe – to the Americas too, veteran politician María Corina Machado Parisca, a steadfast and vocal opponent of her country’s strongmen, Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, for over two decades, has become the latest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Industrial engineer-turned-activist-turned-politician Machado, who has stayed in the country when other opposition leaders have fled and been in the public eye, apart from a few months in hiding in late 2024 following an attack, has been awarded “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorshi

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