Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize despite intense Donald Trump campaign
Critics took issue with his claims to end eight wars; for example, he stated that despite his claims about peace, war continued between Congo and Rwanda. India does not accept Trump’s decision to end its recent conflict with Pakistan. However, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev jointly approved Trump’s award in August for his role in ending their dispute.
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The prize is determined by an independent five-person committee at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, while members are selected by the Norwegian parliament and connected to the country’s political leaders through the process.
The current chairman of the Nobel Committee is Jorgen Watne Frydnes, a human rights activist who works with Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, and other non-governmental groups.
Last year’s award was given to Nihon Hidankyo, who survived the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Previous winners were Iranian equality and women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi and human rights defender Ales Bialiatski from Belarus. In 2021, this award was awarded to journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia.
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Alfred Nobel, the wealthy Norwegian industrialist who financed the prize, stipulated in his will that the prize should be awarded “to the person who has done the most or the best work for the promotion of brotherhood between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the organization and support of peace congresses.”
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