India, Oct. 10 -- The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize this year has been announced: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. 338 nominations had been made for the award-244 individuals and 94 organizations-including Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the winner on Friday. The committee declared that the 58-year-old politician has united her country's opposition and resisted the militarization of Venezuelan society.

Machado is an opposition leader in Venezuela who has been campaigning for greater democratization of her country. As per the Nobel Prize's official website, she had a brief career in business before starting an organization called Atenea Foundation in 1992, which works for the betterment of street ...