Venezuelan Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado Wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize: "I Don't Deserve It"

Oct 11, 2025 02:31 am CST

Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and industrial engineer, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous fight against dictatorship in her country. Despite being barred from running for president and forced into hiding, Machado humbly declared the prize belongs to the Venezuelan people's movement for democracy, not her alone. This historic achievement makes her the first Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize recipient.