Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado Dedicates Peace Prize to President Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has dedicated her win to US President Donald Trump for his efforts “around the world for peace”.
how grateful the Venezuelan people are for what he’s doing, not only in the Americas, but around the world for peace, for freedom, for democracy
Machado spoke with President Trump by phone and expressed her appreciation, describing the conversation as “deeply meaningful.”
The Nobel Committee praised Machado for her “extraordinary courage in the struggle to achieve a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
Machado has spent years defying President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule as Venezuela’s most prominent opposition figure.
Author summary: María Corina Machado dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Trump.