I hope I will be able to give back and promote the values and the knowledge that I have learned here in my country, while I tirelessly fighting for its freedom alongside my fellow citizens. ... María Corina Machado is National Coordinator of Vente Venezuela, the party of freedom and a liberal ...

2 days ago - The Yale World Fellows Program press release said: "Machado devotes herself to defending democratic institutions and civil liberties through SUMATE, the nation's leading watchdog for electoral transparency." Machado later graduated from the program.

October 10, 2025 - María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and a 2009 Yale World Fellow, has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. “She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela ...

January 6, 2026 - Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado chose to enter politics while at Yale.

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and a 2009 Yale World Fellow, has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

In 2009, Nobel laureate María Corina Machado spent four months on Yale’s campus engaging in discourse with a diverse array of global leaders.

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October 10, 2025 - “Maria Corina Machado was a brilliant member of our cohort: dedicated to democracy, deeply engaged at Yale (and with New Haven), and quickly struck up a rapport with other World Fellows.

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January 9, 2026 - President Trump says he hopes to meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who chose to enter politics while studying at Yale, next week.

Congratulations to 2009 Yale World Fellow María Corina Machado, who has been awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize.

She also has a master's degree in finance from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Caracas. In 2009, she was chosen for the World Fellows Program at Yale University in the United States.

January 16, 2026 - Venezuelan opposition leader and former Yale University fellow María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.

In 2005 she received the Meritorious Achievement Award from the Ballenger Foundation in North Carolina; member of the Venezuelan Chapter of the International Women’s Forum, network of Young Global Leaders and ASHOKA group of social entrepreneurs. In 2009, she participated in the program of Public Policy and Leadership at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.