The Woman Who Took on a Dictator—and Won a Nobel Peace Prize
Maria Corina Machado arrives to vote during Venezuela’s presidential elections in Los Chorros, Caracas, Venezuela on July 28, 2024. (Marcelo Perez del Carpio via Getty Images)
‘Socialism is the sexiest path to losing your freedom,’ Venezuela’s opposition leader tells Jonathan Jakubowicz.
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On Friday in Oslo, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Machado, who has been in hiding ever since last year’s fraudulent elections, is widely regarded as the force keeping the country’s opposition alive in the face of Nicolás Maduro’s increasingly authoritarian regime. Machado, the committee said, is a “b…
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