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Venezuelan politician, activist and Nobel laureate (born 1967)
Maria Corina Machado has been variously described as a far-right figure and as a democratic opposition leader; the available reporting shows rather than a single established label. Critics cite her su...
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve ...
No — there is no credible, documented ban barring Donald Trump from winning any future Nobel prizes; claims that he has been "permanently disqualified" circulated on social media and have been contrad...
Executive Summary María Corina Machado’s core political principles combine a pronounced commitment to . Observers disagree sharply about whether that mix places her squarely in a mainstream liberal-co...
International reaction to María Corina Machado’s described “far‑right” ties is sharply divided: human rights and mainstream bodies praised her democratic opposition (Nobel, UN office congratulations),...
María Corina Machado ran on a platform that combined an explicit pledge to with a detailed economic blueprint titled "Venezuela, Land of Grace" that promises rapid privatization, re‑integration into g...
The evidence assembled shows Venezuela’s economy under Nicolás Maduro remains in deep distress, marked by ; independent observers and the government offer sharply different metrics for 2024, and polit...
Reporting across Latin American and international outlets documents multiple public interactions, speeches and convenings that link María Corina Machado to a constellation of transnational right‑wing ...
Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize; he accepted a framed medal that 2025 laureate María Corina Machado presented to him during a White House meeting, but the Norwegian Nobel Committee and ...
Available analyses show that key recent profiles assert María Corina Machado supports privatizing state-run entities including PDVSA, Venezuela’s oil company, while several other pieces in the provide...
María Corina Machado received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership in the Venezuelan opposition, and the reporting available in the provided sources contains . Contemporary profiles and inter...
María Corina Machado is widely described in recent reporting as a right‑leaning, free‑market, hardline anti‑Chavista opposition leader who has pushed for more confrontational tactics — including close...
Donald Trump has publicly criticized Nicolás Maduro and spoken about opportunities relating to his ouster, but the available articles in this dossier do document a direct, explicit public endorsement ...
Donald Trump received multiple public nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 and 2026 from a mix of U.S. lawmakers and foreign leaders who pointed to his diplomacy and ceasefire efforts—most pr...
The Nobel Peace Prize has a long history of laureates later accused of wrongdoing or of failing to uphold peace, producing controversies ranging from resignations and reputational damage to public cal...
No — the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred to another person: the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Nobel Institute state unequivocally that once announced the prize “cannot be revoked, shared, ...
Only two Nobel laureates are widely reported to have refused a Nobel Prize: Jean-Paul Sartre (declined the 1964 Literature Prize) and North Vietnamese negotiator Lê Đức Thọ (declined the 1973 Peace Pr...
The materials provided collectively assert that the Nobel Prize announcements occur in early October with the Peace Prize ceremony held in Oslo and other prizes awarded in Stockholm on December 10; th...
María Corina Machado has been a central figure of Venezuela’s opposition since at least 2010, winning a National Assembly seat, leading the Vente Venezuela party, organising major protests and emergin...
María Corina Machado is a polarizing Venezuelan opposition leader whose critics accuse her and parts of the anti-Chavista movement of amplifying racist tropes and white supremacist myths within Venezu...