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It is a historic day for Venezuela as one of the country’s most loved and valiant political faces, María Corina Machado, became the first woman from the country to win the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.

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Early life

Machado, who is most famously known as the leader of the democratic opposition in the country of Venezuela, was born in Caracas in 1967. She is a descendant of the 3rd Marquis of Toro.

Machado graduated with a degree in industrial engineering from Andrés Bello Catholic University, earned her master's in finance at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Caracas, and was selected for

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