The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize  has been awarded to María 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, The Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

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This committee says the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace – to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.

As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, María Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times, The Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

Ms Machado has been a key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided – an opposition that found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee added, “In its long history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured brave women and men who have stood up to repression, who have carried the hope of freedom in prison cells, on the streets and in public squares, and who have shown by their actions that peaceful resistance can change the world. In the past year, Ms 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 of people”.

The end this committee says María Corina Machado has shown that the tools of democracy are also the tools of peace. She embodies the hope of a different future, one where the fundamental rights of citizens are protected, and their voices are heard. In this future, people will finally be free to live in peace.

The Nobel laureates, which this week have included winners in medicine, physics, chemistry and literature, are presented in a ceremony at Oslo City Hall on Dec. 10 — the anniversary of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel’s death. Nobel laureates also receive a cash prize worth 11 million Swedish kronor.