Nobel Peace Prize goes to Maria Corina Machado, despite calls for Trump to receive the award

The Nobel Committee awarded this year's peace prize to Maria Corina Machado amid calls for President Donald Trump to receive the award in the wake of his brokering a historic deal between Israel and Hamas. Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, was described as a brave and committed champion of peace by Joergen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee."She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," Frydnes said.Trum