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Venezuela Shuts Norway Embassy After Nobel for 'Witch'

Move follows Peace Prize for opposition leader Machado

(Newser) - Venezuela has shut down its embassy in Norway just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . The Venezuelan government did not mention Machado's award in its official statement, instead framing the closure as part of a broader restructuring of its foreign service....

Peace Prize Winner on Call: 'I Certainly Do Not Deserve This'

Nobel award recognized Maria Corina Machado's fight for democracy in Venezuela

(Newser) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado learned early Friday that she'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in an emotional phone call, captured on video , from Kristian Berg Harpviken of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. "Oh my God," Machado told Harpviken, per CBS News . "I am...

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Has Been in Hiding All Year

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado praised as 'key unifying figure'

(Newser) - This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner , Venezuelan opposition activist Maria Corina Machado is 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," Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of...

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Venezuelan Opposition Leader

Maria Corina Machado awarded prize for 'tireless work promoting democratic rights'

(Newser) - The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 is Maria Corina Machado, a woman who has been described as Venezuela's " symbol of resistance " to Nicolas Maduro's regime. The Nobel Committee said Friday morning that it had decided to award the prize to the opposition leader...

Venezuelan Opposition Chief 'Violently Intercepted': Allies

But Maria Corina Machado says she's now safe after alleged abduction at Caracas protest

(Newser) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attended a protest Thursday in Caracas, a day ahead of the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, but it didn't go seamlessly: Machado's team says the 57-year-old was kidnapped during that demonstration, though she's apparently safe now. The...

She Is Venezuela's 'Symbol of Resistance'

Maria Corina Machado rallies the Maduro opposition ahead of Sunday's vote in Venezuela

(Newser) - Maria Corina Machado has hiked overpasses, walked highways, ridden motorcycles, sought shelter in supporters' homes, and seen her closest collaborators detained and persecuted as she has crisscrossed Venezuela. The ruling party has blocked Machado from running in Sunday's hotly contested presidential election, but fueled by that ban, she has...

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