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Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela after exile
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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
2 ਮਿੰਟ
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.
ਸਰੋਤ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ਮੁੱਖ ਤੱਥ
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.
ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ · ਮੇਨਜ਼
How the exam will ask it
ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼
- 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.
ਮੇਨਜ਼
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.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who has returned home after exile, is a Nobel laureate in which field?
- Literature
- Economic Sciences
- Physics
- Peace
ਜਵਾਬ ਵੇਖੋ
ਜਵਾਬ: D — Correct: Peace — Machado is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recognised for her work for democratic rights in Venezuela. • Literature — wrong: Literature laureates are writers; Machado is a politician and was not honoured in literature. • Economic Sciences — wrong: The Economic Sciences prize is awarded to economists; Machado won a different Nobel. • Physics — wrong: Physics is awarded for scientific discoveries and has no link to Machado.
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