María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s most prominent opposition figure, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee described as her “relentless struggle for democracy and civil rights through peaceful means.” The honor crowns more than two decades of defiance against the country’s authoritarian regime and marks the first time a Venezuelan citizen has received the prestigious award.

Born in Caracas on October 7, 1967, María Corina Machado Parisca graduated as an industrial engineer from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and earned a specialization in finance from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). In 2009, she completed the World Fellows Program at Yale University, designed to train global leaders in public policy a

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