Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has gone to Maria Corina Machado. The committee lauded "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition politician, is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
Mochado was awarded for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," the Nobel Committee stated.
The chair of the committee, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, called Machado a "champion of peace" working to loosen the Venezuelan government's "rigid hold on power".
"In the past year, Miss Machado has been forced to live in hiding. Despite serious threats against her life, she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions," Frydnes added.
He stressed that it is crucial "to recognise the courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist" when authoritarians seize power.
The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 11 million Swedish crowns (about Sh148 million), will be presented in Oslo on December 10, which is the anniversary of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's death.
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