María Corina Machado

María Corina Machado is a Venezuelan opposition leader and the head of the political party Vente Venezuela. She is best known for her decades of pro-democracy activism, including co-founding the election-monitoring organization Súmate, serving in the National Assembly from 2011 to 2014, and leading the opposition's 2024 presidential election effort after being barred from running herself. She was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela.