Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader and democracy advocate María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in promoting democratic rights and advocating a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy in her country.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on Friday in Oslo, recognising Machado’s leadership and resilience in the face of political repression and threats to her life. The committee described her as a pivotal unifying figure within Venezuela’s opposition, which has long faced intimidation under the country’s authoritarian rule.
Machado, who has been living in hiding for much of the past year, has remained in Venezuela despite ongoing security risks. Her resolve, the committee noted, has inspired millions of citizens who continue to demand political freedom and economic stability amid the country’s prolonged humanitarian crisis.
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize comes with a gold medal, diploma, and a monetary award of $1.2 million. It will be formally presented at a ceremony in Oslo on December 10, marking the anniversary of the death of the prize’s founder, Alfred Nobel.
The announcement ends speculation around potential high-profile nominees, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who had publicly expressed interest in winning the award. Nobel experts had earlier ruled out his chances, citing his foreign policy stance as inconsistent with the Peace Prize’s ideals.
Last year’s Peace Prize went to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its long-standing campaign against nuclear weapons, as the 2025 Nobel season concludes on Monday with the announcement of the Economics Prize in Stockholm.
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