María Corina Machado Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro. (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria via Reuters)
The Venezuelan opposition leader knows there can be no peace without freedom.
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Yesterday the Nobel committee in Oslo awarded its vaunted Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. She deserves it. In 2024, her movement shocked the world when it won a rigged presidential election in her home country, a result the current dictator in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has not recognized.
Despite a widespread crackdown …
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