The highly coveted 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado for being a steadfast supporter of democracy, and not to US President Donald Trump, who had been gunning for the prestigious award.

Machado was awarded the prize for being “a brave and committed champion of peace”, and for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness”.

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado 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.

Machado had been a key, unifying figure in the democracy movement in Venezuela. Her leadership s

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