Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, while Donald Trump, who has repeatedly claimed he “deserves” the award, citing his assertions about “stopping seven wars,” missed out on the honour.

Machado received the Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.” Besides being a vocal critic of her nation's current regime, Machado is a fierce and longtime foe of Venezuela's ‘autocratic president’, Nicolas Maduro, reported The Washington Times .

Tensions in Venezuela

Recently, the Trump administration ordered airstrikes on a Venezuelan boat – killing 11 “narcoterrorists” from a gang he alleged was controlled by Nicolas Maduro.

In August 2025, the Trump administration even doubled a r

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