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Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

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The HeadlinesOct 26, 2026
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The claim that Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is false, as the awards for that year have not yet been announced.

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… Thank you. And last politics update, this one from Venezuela. 你来吧。 After nearly a year in exile, the popular opposition leader Maria Carina Machado returned home yesterday, as huge crowds gathered across the country in celebration. Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for working to promote democracy in Venezuela in the face of former authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro. She had hoped to return to try and lead Venezuela after the U.S. …
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What we found

Context. The 2025 Nobel Prize awards are still in the lead-up to their announcement in October 2025, indicating that no winner has been declared yet.[1]

Context. A Snopes article addresses a claim regarding María Corina Machado dedicating her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump, suggesting that rumors or claims about her winning the prize may be circulating.[1]

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  1. 1Did María Corina Machado dedicate her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump? | Snopes.comsnopes.com · tier 3 · cited for: context

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