Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo: The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday announced that the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
The announcement was made through the official X handle of the Nobel Prize, confirming weeks of speculation over this year’s laureate.
Machado, a veteran opposition leader and former lawmaker, has long been a leading voice against Venezuela’s authoritarian rule. Known for her defiance of President Nicolás Maduro’s government, she has been a central figure in the movement calling for free and fair elections and the restoration of democratic institutions in the crisis-hit South American nation.
Machado’s recognition by the Nobel Committee places her among global figures who have received the Peace Prize for championing democracy under oppressive regimes.
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious honors and is awarded annually in Oslo to individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to peace and human rights.
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EC-TMC meet ends on bitter note; CEC asks TMC delegation to 'get lost', MP accused of 'shouting'
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New Delhi (PTI): The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting".
After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and also apprised him of specific instances of poll officials having links with the BJP.
"Then he said, 'Get lost'. We have done eight to nine meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, none of the other election commissioners spoke," O'Brien said.
"While we were walking out, one of my colleagues congratulated Gyanesh Kumar for being the only CEC to have notices moved in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his removal," O'Brien MP said.
Meanwhile, sources in the Election Commission said the poll panel chief gave a "straight talk" to TMC leaders.
They accused O'Brien of shouting at the election commissioners and alleged that he asked the CEC not to speak.
The EC sources further said the elections in West Bengal would be "fear-free, violence-free, intimidation-free, and inducement-free."
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