"Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. In an announcement on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Machado's tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela is "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times." Machado has been one of the staunchest critics of the powerful United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) since it first came to power in the late 1990s."
"A former legislator in the Venezuelan National Assembly, Machado has been shot at, targeted by federal prosecutors, banned from running for office, and forced into hiding by the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who succeeded PSUV founder Hugo Chavez in 2013."
""I trust the Venezuelan people, and I have no doubt that the result of our fight will be the liberation of Venezuela. Maduro is totally isolated, weaker than ever. And our people want and need to know that I'm here with them," Machado told NPR's All Things Considered last year."
Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democratic rights and civilian courage in Venezuela. The Norwegian Nobel Committee called her work one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America. Machado has been a critic of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) since it came to power in the late 1990s and served as a legislator in the National Assembly. She has been shot at, targeted by federal prosecutors, banned from running for office, and forced into hiding by the government of President Nicolas Maduro, who succeeded Hugo Chavez in 2013. Machado said she trusts the Venezuelan people and believes their fight will bring liberation.
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