In a country where dissent often leads to exile or prison, María Corina Machado represents something rare: Endurance.

María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s fearless opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has become the global symbol of courage and democracy. Discover her journey from repression to recognition — and how her movement is redefining Venezuela’s future.

The majority of migrant Venezuelan women living in Colombia work informally in unstable jobs which risk their fundamental rights such as access to healthcare, education and housing, a report by academics and humanitarians said on Wednesday.

In a post on X, the committee says it has awarded María Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize "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".