Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presenting her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the Oval Office in Washington, DC. (File Photo: X/@WhiteHouse)

‘Prizes cannot be symbolically passed on’: Nobel Foundation after Machado presents medal to Trump

Days after Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize 2025 medal to United States President Donald Trump, the Nobel Foundation has issued a statement clarifying that prizes cannot be “symbolically” given to others. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presenting her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a meeting…

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado met with President Donald Trump. (REUTERS)

Can Trump accept Nobel Peace Prize? Transfer rules explained as Venezuela’s Maria Machado makes incredible gesture

Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told reporters on Thursday that she gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado met with President Donald Trump. (REUTERS) “Two hundred years in history, the people of Bolivar are giving back to the heir of Washington a medal — in…

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves to supporters as she departs the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. (Reuters)

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado meets Trump, says meeting went ‘great’; presented Nobel Prize

US President Donald Trump on Thursday met Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, marking their first meeting. The meeting, which went a little over an hour, was termed “great” by Machado. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves to supporters as she departs the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in…

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Donald Trump earlier said that Maria Machado is a very nice woman but that she doesn't have respect in Venezuela. (AP/AFP)

Trump questions Machado’s potential. She says she ‘should’ be Venezuela’s next leader

After US President Donald Trump questioned Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s credibility as a potential future head of the Latin American nation, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said that “we are ready and willing to serve our people” and asserted she should be the country’s next leader. Donald Trump earlier said that Maria Machado…

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