A Pro-Democracy Venezuelan Politician Wins This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Is It a Rebuke to Trump?
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insulted Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado amid political tensions as she was honored for promoting democratic rights and peaceful transition.
- Earlier this year the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its top prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights and challenging Nicolás Maduro.
- Living in hiding, Maria Corina Machado has opposed Nicolás Maduro for a year and said Venezuelans `are on the threshold of victory`, appealing to President Donald Trump and democratic nations.
- Public figures in the U.S. reacted as Roger Stone and others urged Maria Corina Machado to relinquish the prize to President Trump, while Norwegian Nobel Committee Chair Jorgen Frydnes defended the decision based on Alfred Nobel's will and committee integrity.
- Commentators noted the Nobel Peace Prize has long been a political tool of the left and compared Machado's award to Barack Obama's 2009 prize, questioning its merit.
- Diplomatically, the choice arrives while Oslo navigates ties with Washington, as the five-member Nobel Committee appointed by the Norwegian parliament draws attention amid tariff talks.
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Ángel Alberto Bellorín is convinced that the award was awarded “in full consonance of the kingdom with its government and committee”


A pro-democracy Venezuelan politician wins this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Is it a rebuke to Trump?
Challenging the Maduro regime requires considerable personal bravery and integrity to challenge the regime. Machado possesses such traits.
Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 , news that has gone around the world and caused all kinds of opinions. Venezuelan opposition leader and founder of Vente Venezuela has received the distinguished award in recognition of her work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and her struggle for a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy in her country.
Why Donald Trump SHOULD have won the Nobel Peace Prize
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'Hand it back to the president': Top Trump aide asks Nobel winner to cede prize
Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, called on Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado to relinquish the award to the president.Following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza, Stone told Real America's Voice host Jack Posobiec that he was "not happy that the Norwegian-based Nob...
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