(MENAFN- Live Mint) Maria Corina Machado reacts emotionally upon learning she has won the Nobel Peace Prize, as Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, personally delivers the news before its public announcement.

In a video shared on the official handle of the Nobel Prize, Maria was heard saying,“Oh my god... I have no words. Well, thank you so much, but I hope you understand this is this is a movement, this is a treatment of a whole society. I am just, you know, one person. I certainly do not deserve this.”

She added,“and very grateful on behalf of the Venezuelan people, we're not there yet. We're working very hard to achieve it, but I'm sure that that will prevail, and this is certainly a biggest recognition to our people that certainly deserve it. So thank you very much. Thank you very much.”

The Nobel Committee honoured her“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.”

This year, there were 338 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize, comprising 244 individuals and 94 organisations. Although the Nobel Foundation's rules mandate that the names of the nominees remain secret for 50 years, speculations arose over Trump's victory, who had consistently claimed that he deserves the prize.

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