María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader driven into hiding since a disputed election last year, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats have condemned President Donald Trump and his administration’s push for regime change in Venezuela after the president unilaterally declared the U.S. is engaged in “armed conflict” with the country last week.

In a country where dissent often leads to exile or prison, María Corina Machado represents something rare: Endurance.

Venezuela's aviation agency says a private passenger jet crashed as it departed from Venezuela’s main airport outside Caracas, injuring at least two people