Daughter Accepts Nobel Prize for Mother in Hiding

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was accepted in Oslo on December 10 by the daughter of the winner, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Ana Corina Sosa Machado collected the award at the ceremony. Her mother, a prominent critic of Venezuela's government, could not attend. Maria Corina Machado currently lives in hiding. The Nobel committee awarded Machado the prize for her continued non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.