The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to María Corina Machado for “promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.” The winner was revealed at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics, medicine and literature were also awarded this week. The prize for economics will be announced on Monday.

US President Donald Trump made no secret of his desire for a Nobel Peace Prize. But it was unlikely he would be awarded this year’s accolade because of the nomination process.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said María Corina Machado had helped “keep the flame of democracy burning against a growing darkness.”

Announcing the award at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday, the committee praised Machado’s “struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”