The daughter of María Corina Machado, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, has accepted the award on her mother’s behalf. Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela. In 2024, Machado received the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize and the Sakharov Prize.
STOCKHOLM DECEMBER 10: The daughter of María Corina Machado, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, has accepted the award on her mother’s behalf and delivered a lecture written by her.
María Corina Machado Parisca, born 1967, is a Venezuelan politician, activist, and prominent leader of the opposition to the administrations of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014, and has run as a candidate in presidential elections.
The Venezuelan opposition leader was “safe” and in Oslo, but was unable to make the awards ceremony. Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, told the audience at Oslo’s City Hall that her mother was determined to live in a free Venezuela and would “never give up on that purpose”.
Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy”.
In 2024, Machado received the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize and the Sakharov Prize (shared with González) for representing Venezuelans fighting for democracy.
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