Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her courage in defending democracy amid threats and political repression under Nicolás Maduro. She becomes the 20th woman laureate, inspiring millions from hiding in Venezuela

Oslo: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid growing darkness”. The former opposition presidential candidate was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure” in the once deeply divided opposition to President Nicolas Maduro’s government, said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.

“In the past year, Machado has been forced to live in hiding,” Watne Frydnes said. Despite serious threats aga

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