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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado

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522 points pykello | 1 comments | 10 Oct 25 09:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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weli ◴[10 Oct 25 09:21 UTC] No.45536827[source]▶
Don't get me wrong. She has firmly opposed maduro and is a beacon of hope for many in Venezuela but she hasn't accomplished anything meaningful yet? She is just a career politician that just happens to be in the opposition of the venezuelan goverment when Maduro (a dictator) is in power. But she hasn't done anything extraordinary to merit the award.
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1. arrrg ◴[10 Oct 25 10:37 UTC] No.45537285[source]▶
The peace prize is often given to people still working on something, not having achieved something. In that way it is different from the science prizes.

I think that is a understandable approach (providing support), though it can lead to giving the prize to people who never achieve any of their goals. Whether that’s a worthy trade off I do not know.