María Corina Machado: The Woman Who Took on a Dictator—and Won the Nobel

On Friday, the Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

Machado, a 58-year-old engineer and former member of Venezuela’s parliament, has emerged as the main threat to Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime. After being barred from running in the country’s rigged 2024 presidential elections…