Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Maria Corina Machado Honored for Stance Against Maduro
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, journalists who bravely opposed figures like Rodrigo Duterte and Vladimir Putin. In 2025, María Corina Machado, a US-aligned conservative, received the prize for her stance against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
The Nobel Peace Prize process has faced scrutiny. Barack Obama's 2009 award, for instance, came despite his limited international record at nomination. He had ordered a Predator drone strike and escalated troops in Afghanistan before the nomination deadline. The nomination timeline remains questionable.
The prize has also been political. Ales Bialiatski, the 2022 laureate, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Belarus, a victim of the Lukashenko-Biden feud. Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 laureate, remains in jail in Iran despite US efforts to unfreeze Iranian money for 'humanitarian purposes'. The US influence is evident in many laureates, including Obama and Machado.
The Nobel Peace Prize, while honouring courageous individuals like Ressa and Muratov, has also been subject to political influence. The USA has played a significant role in several laureates, raising questions about the prize's impartiality.
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