The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition politician, is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

Mochado was awarded for “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 committee said.

Last year, the Japanese peace organization Nihon Hidankyo received the award for promoting a world free of nuclear weapons.

Nihon Hidankyo is a group of survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

Since August 1956, the organization has campaigned for greater healthcare provisions for survivors of the attacks, known as “hibakusha” (bomb-affected people), as well as a blanket ban on the development and use of nuclear weapons. (DW)

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