
Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado waves from the balcony at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 11, 2025. Lise Aserud/NTB via Reuters
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said she supports the Trump administration’s actions in dealing with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s government, including the U.S. seizure of a crude oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week.
Machado, who has been living in hiding in Venezuela because of fear of prosecution by Maduro’s government, traveled to Norway last week to receive the Nobel Peace Award.

