Summary
Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote democracy in Venezuela. She is known for her work against the government's authoritarian practices and for advocating democratic rights in the country.
Key Facts
- Maria Corina Machado is a Venezuelan opposition politician.
- She was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democratic rights in Venezuela.
- Machado was barred from running in a previous presidential election.
- The Nobel Committee highlighted her efforts for a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
- She is known as the "Iron Lady" in Venezuela.
- Machado is one of only 20 women to have received the Nobel Peace Prize since it began in 1901.
- She co-founded Sumate, a civil association aiming for democratic unity, in 2002.
- Machado faced accusations and her family received threats, leading her to send her children abroad for safety.
