2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate — Maria Corina Machado
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updated 9/10/2026
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Maria Corina Machado, a leader of Venezuela’s democracy movement. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the Venezuelan people and her struggle for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Her selection highlights the bond between free elections, civic courage and lasting peace. Machado became a key unifying figure for a once-divided opposition brought together by the demand for free elections and representative government.
