Maria Corina Machado Nobel News

The Nobel Foundation has restated that Nobel Prizes cannot be transferred or shared, even symbolically, in response to Venezuelan leader María Corina Machado presenting her 2025 Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump on January 15, 2026.  

While the Norwegian Nobel Committee has clarified that the prize cannot be officially transferred and remains recorded in Machado’s name, the gesture has fueled global debate over whether international politics is being reduced to transactional deals involving medals, oil, and power.