The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was won by Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition
The Nobel Committee in Norway announced on Friday, October 10, from 12.00, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, the most prestigious international award granted to people and organizations promoting fraternity between nations, disarming and human rights.
Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan Opposition Photo: AFP
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was won by Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition.
“She receives the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for her struggle to obtain a fair and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” the committee said in his ad.
The award ceremony will take place in December, in Oslo, according to tradition, being the only Nobel prize in Norway, the rest of the categories being awarded in Stockholm.
Donald Trump has said several times that they would be “a big insult ”for the US if he does not receive the prize and claims his role in “The conclusion of seven wars”. In reply, the secretariat of the Nobel committee transmitted that it cannot be influenced by campaigns or media attention.
Although the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is listed by the big international bookmakers as a favorite, the surprise of the evening comes from the Polymarket prediction platform.
Donald Trump Photo: AFP
According to the respective platform, the name of the Venetian opposition leader Maria Corina Machado registered a spectacular increase from Thursday evening, reaching a 67% probability of winning the prize, while Trump's chances are estimated at only 3%.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado Photo: X
The nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize ended on January 31, and the Nobel Committee analyzed 338 candidates, of which 244 people and 94 organizations. The proposals can be made by heads of state, members of governments, former Nobel laureates and university professors from all over the world.
In addition to Machado and Trump, other names for this year's Nobel included the Emergency Rooms volunteer network in Sudan, who risks lives to help the war and hunger, the widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalnîi, Iulia Navalnaia, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Palestinians, doctors without borders and journalists without borders.
The widow of the Russian dissident Alexei Navalnîi, Iulia Navalnaia Photo: FB
Last year, the Nobel Committee awarded the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, made up of survivors of the nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The details about nominations and winners remain confidential for 50 years, according to the rules set by Alfred Nobel in his will.
The Nobel Peace Prize was created to reward significant efforts for fraternity between nations, disarmament or abolition of permanent armies and for organizing congresses for peace.
The first laureate was appointed in 1901: the scientist and the French politician Frédéric Passy and the Swiss businessman Jean Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross.
