Nobel Foundation Rejects Machado's Peace Prize Handover to Trump

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News18•18-01-2026, 18:07
Nobel Foundation Rejects Machado's Peace Prize Handover to Trump
- •The Nobel Foundation rejected the transfer of a Nobel Peace Prize by Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to US President Donald Trump.
- •Machado met Trump at the White House and presented him with a framed Nobel Peace Prize medal.
- •The accompanying message praised Trump's leadership in promoting peace, diplomacy, and defending liberty.
- •The Foundation stated its mission is to safeguard the dignity of the prizes and uphold Alfred Nobel's will.
- •It clarified that prizes are awarded only to those who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind and cannot be symbolically passed on or further distributed.
Why It Matters: The Nobel Foundation firmly rejected the symbolic transfer of a Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump.
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