Will the US be Machado’s Trump card for peace?

Following her Nobel Peace Prize win, Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado has vowed to continue to fight for her homeland’s democracy despite her low profile, writes Regina Garcia Cano

Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado, the opposition leader who prompted millions of Venezuelans to reject president Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election, dramatically appeared in public for the first time in 11 months on Thursday at a press conference in Oslo. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB Scanpix

María Corina Machado has long been the face of resistance to Venezuela’s 26-year ruling party. Now, she is also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Machado, the opposition leader who prompted millions of Venezuelans to reject president Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election, dramatically appeared in public for the first time in 11 months on Thursday. This followed her arrival in Norway, where her daughter received the award on her behalf the previous day.