US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s role in nominating Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize has drawn attention again after she was announced as this year’s laureate. Rubio had co-signed a letter in 2024 urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to recognise Machado’s “courageous and selfless leadership” in her fight for democracy against President Nicols Maduro’s regime.

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The letter — signed by Rubio, then a senator, along with fel

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