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Machado to accept Nobel Peace Prize as her strategy against the regime hardens

By John Otis

Published December 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM CST

As María Corina Machado is set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader is betting everything on her prediction of an imminent political transition.

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