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Today — 11 October 2025Main stream

María Corina Machado Wins Nobel Peace Prize Despite Trump’s Campaign

Ms. Machado galvanized a movement that independent analysts say won last year’s election, only to have it stolen by President Nicolás Maduro.

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María Corina Machado during the opening rally for the Presidential campaign last year in Caracas.
Yesterday — 10 October 2025Main stream

Venezuela Is Ready for Change. Maduro Must Allow It.

26 July 2024 at 13:00
It is clear Venezuelans have chosen to oust President Maduro. Whether that will happen remains in question.

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Who Is María Corina Machado, the Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?

10 October 2025 at 18:32
Ms. Machado built one of Venezuela’s most important political movements, and lives in hiding from President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government.

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María Corina Machado with supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, during a primary election in 2023.

Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

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A statue of a hand holding a drilling rig near the headquarters of Venezuela’s state oil company in Caracas.

Meet the Woman Leading Venezuela’s Opposition to Maduro

Spurned by the country’s authoritarian president and even her own colleagues in the opposition, María Corina Machado has built the most significant voter mobilization since Hugo Chávez.

María Corina Machado campaigning last week in Guanare, Venezuela. Polls show enormous support for her movement ahead of Sunday’s election.
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