Peace 2025 · Announced Oct 10
The face of Venezuela's fight for free elections.
One winner
In plain words
Machado is a Venezuelan opposition leader. She has pushed for fair votes for over twenty years, even after being banned from running and forced into hiding.
Why it matters
The prize puts world attention on Venezuela's elections and on people who keep working for democracy under threat.
The official reason
"for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"
The winners
23
years from co-founding the vote-watch group Súmate (2002) to the prize
The long road
- 2002Co-founds Súmate, a group that watches elections.
- 2010Elected to Venezuela's National Assembly.
- 2023Wins the opposition primary by a landslide.
- 2024Barred from the ballot. Backs another candidate and goes into hiding.
- 2025Nobel Peace Prize.