This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado has led the struggle for democracy in the face of ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela. Ms Machado studied engineering and finance, and had a short career in business. In 1992 she established the Atenea Foundation, which works to benefit street children in Caracas.
Ten years later she was one of the founders of Súmate, which promotes free and fair elections and has conducted training and election monitoring. In 2010 she was elected to the National Assembly, winning a record number of votes. The regime expelled her from office in 2014. Ms Machado leads the Vente Venezuela opposition party and in 2017 helped found the Soy Venezuela alliance, which unites pro-democracy forces in the country across political dividing lines.
In 2023 she announced her candidacy for president in the 2024 presidential election. When she was blocked from running, she supported the opposition’s alternative candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. The opposition mobilised widely and collected systematic documentation that it was the true winner of the election. The regime declared victory and tightened its grip on power.
Ms Machado is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize first and foremost for her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela. But democracy is also in retreat internationally. Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, to cast one’s vote and to be represented in elective government – is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.
Read more about this year’s #NobelPeacePrize laureate: https://t.co/juIj539Bh9
El mundo siempre recordará a Jane Goodall por momentos como este.
Liberó a la chimpancé Wounda del comercio ilegal de carne: “Nunca olvidaré la calidez de su abrazo,fue una de las cosas más increíbles que me han ocurrido.”
Todo el mundo debería verlo👇
✊ Hoy, en el Día Nacional de la Juventud, recordamos la Noche de los Lápices. Su lucha por los derechos nos inspira a reafirmar el compromiso con la memoria, la justicia y un futuro democrático.
⚜️ La juventud transforma el presente.
#LiderandoElPresente
La secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los Estados Unidos Kristi Noem, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Gerardo Werthein y la ministra de Seguridad de la Nación, Patricia Bullrich, firmaron una declaración de intención para trabajar en el regreso de Argentina al Programa de Exención de Visa (Visa Waiver Program, VWP).
https://t.co/6uPkjzm1wo
The time has come to say goodbye.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is only in theaters September 12.
Watch the new trailer now, and get your tickets to see the film early on September 10, exclusively in Dolby Cinema & Premium Large Formats in the US: https://t.co/8AnYwIfxur
Hoy despedimos a Jorge Mario Bergoglio, el Papa Francisco, primer pontífice argentino y latinoamericano. Su vida fue testimonio de humildad, cercanía con los sectores más vulnerables y compromiso con las juventudes.
📢 #ScoutsxBahía: Scouts de Argentina en acción por Bahía Blanca ⚜💙
Desde el primer momento, Scouts de Argentina puso en marcha una gran movilización solidaria para asistir a las familias afectadas por las inundaciones en Bahía Blanca.