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Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela after exile
ಸುದ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ?
A Nobel Peace laureate returns from exile to a contested democracy: the Latin America question GS2 keeps asking
Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns home after months abroad.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after months in exile.
Her return comes amid continuing doubts over the state of democracy in the country.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- María Corina Machado is Venezuela's opposition leader and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
- She has returned to Venezuela after months in exile abroad.
- The Nobel Peace Prize is presented in Oslo, Norway, unlike the other Nobel prizes, which are presented in Stockholm.
- Her return comes amid continuing doubts over the state of democracy in Venezuela.
- Venezuela is in South America; its capital is Caracas.
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and the ceremony is held in Oslo.
- The Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to individuals as well as organisations.
- Venezuela is located in northern South America and has a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS2 (International Relations – Latin America): Venezuela's contested democracy and the opposition's return from exile raise questions of electoral legitimacy and political freedoms. Provisions such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and regional democracy charters shape external responses. For India, the implication is balancing energy and economic interests with support for democratic norms, with the way forward being dialogue and credible, internationally observed elections.
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ದೇಶಭ್ರಷ್ಟತೆಯ ನಂತರ ಮರಳಿದ ವೆನೆಜುವೆಲಾದ ವಿರೋಧ ಪಕ್ಷದ ನಾಯಕಿ ಮರಿಯಾ ಕೊರಿನಾ ಮಚಾಡೊ ಯಾವ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ನೊಬೆಲ್ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತರು?
- ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ
- ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ
- ಭೌತಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
- ಶಾಂತಿ
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ಉತ್ತರ: D — ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ: ಶಾಂತಿ — ಮಚಾಡೊ ನೊಬೆಲ್ ಶಾಂತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತರು.
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