María Corina Machado waves to supporters during a rally in Guanare, Venezuela, last year. Photograph: Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting democratic rights in her country and her struggle to achieve a transition to democracy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
Machado (58), was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 7th, 1967. She is an industrial engineer by training and her father was a prominent businessman in Venezuela’s steel industry.
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