The flood of angry—and justified—reactions to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, reveals less about the committee’s decision than about the public’s sense of shock. How can anyone still be astonished when a figure who embodies everything but peace receives...

On Friday, 10 October 2025, Venezuela’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, delivered a serious and urgent warning during an emergency session of the Security Council, asserting that Venezuela’s peace and security —and that of the entire region— is under imminent threat of military...