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Nobel Peace winner María Corina Machado is a symbol of political resistance in Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to secure a just and peaceful transition and for unifying a fractured movement. The honor lands amid rifts over her embrace of Donald Trump’s Venezuela policy, tied to an infamous Central American prison for migrants and deadly U.S. strikes in the Caribbean. Supporters are split: one Caracas commuter called her a great woman yet questioned the prize’s impact. Barred from the ballot, Machado backed Edmundo González as protests and arrests followed disputed July 2024 results. She says freedom is near despite brutal violence.

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