Overview

• The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited Machado’s struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
• Reactions in Venezuela ranged from celebration among opposition supporters to condemnation by pro‑Maduro voices, while state media offered no official acknowledgment.
• Machado said she dedicates the prize to Venezuelans and to Trump, and Trump recounted an Oval Office call in which she told him she accepted it in his honor.
• The White House criticized the selection as choosing politics over peace, as leaders of Argentina and Colombia congratulated Machado and Cuba denounced the decision as shameful.
• Debate over Machado’s stance intensified after she declined to rule out a U.S. military incursion and aligned with hardline positions toward Maduro’s government.