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The flood of angry —and justified— reactions to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, reveals less about the committee’s decision than about the public’s sense of shock. How ...

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The Nobel Committee recognized Machado's leadership during the Venezuelan 2024 presidential election: she spearheaded one of Venezuela’s most ambitious civic electoral monitoring efforts, essential in ...

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Controversy trailed Barack Obama when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize just nine months into his presidency in 2009. The decision drew charges of being premature. In his memoir, ‘Secretary of ...