Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado

I did not recognize her name, but after doing some research, I am impressed by her work, and do not have an issue with her getting the prize.

However, her accomplishments were also clear last summer, and I feel it would have been far more appropriate to give her the prize last year. Instead, it went to an organization that has been around for 70 years. While they have done great work, there was nothing they did specifically in 2024 that stood out, at least that I could find. So, clearly, Machado was not an obvious choice, at least last year.

Also want to add that I don't think Trump should have gotten it, simply because it is far too early to tell if the current "middle east peace plan" will actually turn out to be more than just fanfare.

A better statement would have been to have no peace prize this year.

The final nominations are received in January...

Did not realize this, you are correct. I thought nominations were accepted until late in the year since so many people were "nominating" Trump, even before the middle east thing.

But I am confused, Obama got his prize in 2009, which would mean he did not receive it for anything he did as president, and before that he was only domestically focused, afaik.

edit - I also see from other comments that people were placing bets on trump for the prize, which would not make sense if he had to be nominated by 1/31