Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to María Corina Machado

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to María Corina Machado

 

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s main opposition leader, who is in hiding.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which organizes the prize, gave Machado the prize “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 announcement was made at 5:00 AM ET by the Committee in Oslo, Norway.

 

Announcing the prize, Nobel Committee Chairman Jorgen Watne Frydnes described Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace…who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

 

The win dashes the hopes of President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly argued he deserved the award.