Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday in an unprecedented move. María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. If that is true, Machado has much to learn from erstwhile Nobel Peace Prize laureates Muhammad Yunus and Aung San Suu Kyi. Before Machado, Yunus and Suu Kyi have discovered that international adulation does not translate into stable, democratic governance at home. Suu Kyi, once a lodestar of human rights for the west, came to power through landslide majorities in 2015 and 2020.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2026 08:46 UTC