By Sarah Kinosian

(Reuters) -Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Over the past two years, she has reenergized a politically disengaged population after more than a decade of economic and social collapse.

Machado has been in hiding in Venezuela since 2024, when electoral authorities allied with President Nicolas Maduro declared Maduro’s reelection in a vote widely seen as rigged.

The government never posted official election results, but results collected by the opposition, verified by an independent election monitor, found the Machado-backed candidate had won in a landslide.

Married to a constitutional lawyer and mother of three, Machado impressed both experts and ordinary citizens with her w

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