Venezuelan “Iron Lady” and opposition leader María Corina Machado just made history after she was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Venezuelan and second Latin American woman to ever receive the prestigious honor. The 58-year-old, who has been living in hiding since Venezuela’s heavily-disputed election in July 2024, was praised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela” at a press conference. In an interview with the Nobel Foundation posted to X, Machado said: “This is something that I believe the Venezuelan people deserve; I am just part of a huge movement,” Machado said. “It has been a very long journey at a very high cost for Venezuelan society, and for many years, the world didn’t realize how hard, how difficult, how painful and disruptive this process has been, and the Venezuelan people persevered… I accept this as a recognition to our people, to the millions of Venezuelans that are anony...