Venezuelan opposition figure Machado gives Trump Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado said Thursday that she gave US President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize, defying the Nobel Committee’s emphasis that the award could not be transferred, Anadolu reports. “I presented the president of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize,” Machado told reporters at the Capitol after her meeting with Trump and later lawmakers. Machado said she gave Trump the prestigious award out of “recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.” The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday that the peace prize could not be transferred after Machado suggested she might give her 2025 award to Trump. “The facts are clear and well-established. Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, […]