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Katie Couric Instagram – I love being a virtual 🪰on the wall for this!!! The Norwegian Nobel Institute on Friday released video of a call between the institute’s director Kristian Berg Harpviken, informing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado that she had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Machado won the prize for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

The former opposition presidential candidate is a “key, unifying figure” in the once deeply divided opposition to President Nicolás Maduro’s government, said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.

“In the past year, Ms. Machado has been forced to live in hiding,” Watne Frydnes said. “Despite serious threats against her life, she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions. When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”

📹: AP Newsroom | Posted on 11/Oct/2025 02:37:06