Overview

• The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado.
• Regional opinion columns report Machado told President Donald Trump by phone that the honor was for his support.
• Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced Machado and was reported by El Imparcial to have ordered the closure of his country's embassy in Norway.
• Reactions diverged internationally, with Vladimir Putin saying recent laureates have done nothing for peace, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum declining comment, and others praising Machado, including Barack Obama and Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo, according to La Jornada.
• Commentators cite Machado’s past U.S. ties and depict her as a potential U.S.-backed alternative to Nicolás Maduro, while La Jornada also reported the Israeli army destroyed Gaza’s Al Rantisi children’s hospital the following day as part of critiques of the award’s timing.