October 10, 2025 | 04:42 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition politician, is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The award was announced in Oslo, Norway, at 11 a.m. local time.
Mochado was awarded for "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," the Nobel Committee stated.
The chair of the committee, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, called Machado a "champion of peace" working to loosen the Venezuelan government's "rigid hold on power."
"In the past year, Miss Machado has been forced to live in hiding. Despite serious threats against her life, she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions," Frydnes added.
He stressed that it is crucial "to recognize the courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist" when authoritarians seize power.
The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 11 million Swedish crowns (about €1 million or $1.15 million), will be presented in Oslo on December 10, which is the anniversary of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's death.
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year?
Last year, the Japanese peace organization Nihon Hidankyo received the award for promoting a world free of nuclear weapons.
Nihon Hidankyo is a group of survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
Since August 1956, the organization has campaigned for greater healthcare provisions for survivors of the attacks, known as "hibakusha" (bomb-affected people), as well as a blanket ban on the development and use of nuclear weapons.
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