Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado received the Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 was awarded to Marina Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its statement that Machado won “for her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

Machado, who turned 58 earlier this week, spent months in hiding because of threats to her life. She was Detention for some time In January after an opposition march.

The Nobel Prizes are awarded to the winners at a ceremony held on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, but the committee said it is not clear whether Machado will be able to attend for security reasons.

The committee selected Machado from a list of 338 nominees, which it said represented a significant increase over the number of nominations last year.

US President Donald Trump campaigned publicly for this honor. But the deadline for nominations for the 2025 award was January 31, just days into his second non-consecutive term as president.

Throughout its history, the committee has received thousands of letters defending specific candidates, said Jorgen Watne Fredness of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, in response to a journalist’s question about Trump’s policies for the honor.