Nobel Peace Prize 2025
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- Maria Corina Machado is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 for her efforts in promoting democratic rights in Venezuela.
- She founded the Atenea Foundation for street children and co-founded Súmate to advocate for free elections.
- Elected to the National Assembly in 2010, she was later expelled by the regime in 2014.
- Leads the Vente Venezuela party and helped establish the Soy Venezuela alliance to unite pro-democracy forces.
- In 2023, she announced her presidential candidacy for 2024 but supported an alternative candidate after being blocked.
- The opposition claimed victory in the 2024 election, but the regime declared itself the winner.
- Her work highlights the importance of democracy as a foundation for peace both within and between nations.