It’s not the news that America or Donald Trump had hoped for, but the winner for the Nobel Peace Prize has been revealed, and it’s not the American Head of State.
Maria Corina Machado was given the prestigious award for her work in promoting peace in Latin America at a time when democracy is under threat.
Ms Machado was declared the winner in an announcement made by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo just moments today.
The opposition leader from Venezuela was given the honor for her relentless and tiring work promoting democratic rights for the people of her nation and for her struggle to attain a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy, as shared by the committee when sharing the citation.
The news will come as a huge disappointment to Donald Trump, the American leader who was engaged in a lot of peacemaking efforts with one eye on the accolade, ever since he returned to office this year.
In the past 24 hours, he shared several articles on Truth Social claiming he should win the accolade for securing a peace deal between Hamas and Israel in Gaza.
He’s also raved about stopping seven wars in seven months, which not a lot of people agreed with.