00:00Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against dictatorship.
00:09The 58-year-old industrial engineer was barred from running for president in 2024, preventing her from challenging President Nicolas Maduro.
00:18She has largely been in hiding since those elections.
00:22The Nobel Committee recognized her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
00:37Machado is the first Venezuelan and the sixth Latin American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
00:42Machado was barred from running in last year's presidential elections won by Maduro, who has been in power since 2013.
00:50The polls were widely criticized internationally as neither free nor fair.
00:55The announcement comes as former U.S. President Donald Trump continued to claim he deserved the prize, with some supporters, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, backing him.
01:07The White House criticized the decision, saying the committee prioritized politics over peace, adding that Trump will continue working to make peace, end wars, and save lives.
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