🇻🇪🏆 — 🕊 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

🎖 The Venezuelan opposition leader was praised for being “a key and unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided – an opposition that has found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government.”

💬 – Over the past year, Ms. Machado has been forced to live in hiding. Despite serious threats to her life, she has remained in the country — a choice that has inspired millions. When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize the brave defenders of freedom who rise and resist,” said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

🇻🇪 The government of dictator Nicolás Maduro persecuted several opponents before last year’s presidential elections. Machado was supposed to run against Maduro, but the government disqualified her. The opposition leader supported diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia in her place. The period leading up to the election was marked by widespread repression, including disqualifications, arrests, and human rights violations.

➡️ Repression of dissent only increased after the country’s National Electoral Council, which includes Maduro’s supporters, declared him the winner despite credible evidence to the contrary. The election results announced by the Electoral Council sparked protests across the country, to which the government responded with force, resulting in more than 20 deaths.

❗️ Frydnes was asked whether the Venezuelan leader would be able to attend the Nobel ceremony, which will be held in December in Oslo. He stated that the committee does not yet know whether security conditions will allow her to participate in person.

🇻🇪🏆🏆🤝🇺🇸 — Leader of Venezuelan Opposition, Maria Corina Machado, says her thanks after being nominated for the Nobel Award and dedicates it to President Trump, saying that the Liberation of Venezuela from the Chavista Dictatorship is coming:

This immense recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is an impetus to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.

We are on the threshold of victory and today more than ever we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our main allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.

Venezuela will be free!

🇦🇷🤝🇻🇪🏆 — Argentine Foreign Ministry congratultes Maria Corina for winning the Nobel:

The Government of the Republic of Argentina congratulates María Corina Machado for having been distinguished with the Nobel Peace Prize 2025.

Her valiant struggle against the dictatorship that oppresses the Venezuelan people, and her tireless defense of democracy and fundamental freedoms, constitute an example for the entire region.

🔗 Cancillería Argentina 🇦🇷 (@Cancilleria_Ar)