Oslo: Hopes of US President Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 have been dashed. The prize was awarded to Mara Corina Machado, Venezuela’s main opposition leader, on Friday.
US President’s aggressive claim over Nobel Peace Prize 2025 has added an extra-layer of attention to the coveted ceremony. The winner of the prize was announced at 2:30 pm IST on Friday in Oslo, Norway.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to… pic.twitter.com/Zgth8KNJk9— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 10, 2025
This year, the Norwegian Nobel Committee received a total of 338 nominations, which consisted of 244 individuals and 94 organisations, all competing for one of the most prestigious awards in the world, reports claimed.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
She served as an elected member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014.
Machado joined politics in 2002 as the founder and leader of the vote-monitoring group Súmate, alongside Alejandro Plaz. She is the national coordinator of Vente Venezuela, which is a political party. She was featured as one of BBC’s 100 Women in 2018. In 2025, Time magazine listed her as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.
