María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for pro-democracy work. (Getty Images)

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado , an industrial engineer turned democracy activist, has become the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The announcement sparked frustration within the MAGA movement, as US President Donald Trump had been hoping to receive the honour this year.

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