The Controversy Around María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize

A deeper look at the Venezuelan opposition leader who praised both her people and Donald Trump

Yesterday at 1 PM, just two hours after the Nobel Committee’s announcement, I published an article celebrating María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize. I described it as a brilliant rebuke to Donald Trump’s authoritarian ambitions, as well as his well-known wish to receive the Peace Prize. The initial reactions were positive. Many readers appreciated t…