Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, October 10 (local time). The engineer-turned-politician had earlier this year defended US President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke licences allowing US energy companies to operate in Venezuela despite the long-standing sanctions.

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Speaking to POLITICO in January, Machado said the move was essential to cut off what she described as the “criminal organisation” of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime, which, she argued, depends on illicit trade and oil revenues to maintain its grip on power.

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