Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 10 and was praised for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid growing darkness.” Born in Caracas to a wealthy family, Machado co-founded the civil organisation Súmate in 2002 to promote transparency. Her family’s steel business was expropriated in 2010, before she…
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 10 and was praised for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid growing darkness.” Born in Caracas to a wealthy family, Machado co-founded the civil organisation Súmate in 2002 to promote transparency. Her family’s steel business was expropriated in 2010, before she…