On Friday, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado became the sixth person of Latin American descent to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her ongoing fight to achieve a democratic transition in Venezuela. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Machado is a woman "who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness."
As reported by The Washington Post, Machado was stunned when a representative from the committee contacted her with the news. "Oh my God ... I have no words," she said in a video of the call posted on X by the committee.
