What to know about Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado

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Published October 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM MDT

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Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a Venezuelan national flag during a rally to protest official results that declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 17, 2024. (Cristian Hernandez/AP)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Alejandro Velasco, a Venezuelan historian at New York University about Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

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