Amid reports that Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado wanted to give her prize to President Donald Trump — reportedly to help win his support for her to take a leadership role in Venezuela after dictator Nicolás Maduro’s capture — the committee responsible for awarding the prizes posted a statement on social media that seemed directly targeted at the president. Along with a photo of the medal bearing Alfred Nobel’s portrait and a symbol of brotherhood on the reverse, the post noted this was a “design unchanged for 120 years.” “Did you know that some Nobel Peace Prize medals have been passed on after the award was given?” the caption continued, mentioning Dmitry Muratov, a Russian journalist who co-founded a pro-democracy newspaper and auctioned off his medal for over $100 million “to support refugees from the war in Ukraine,” and Christian Lous Lange, Norway’s first winner, who loaned his medal to be displayed at the Nobel Peace Center.
Author: Sarah Rumpf
Published at: 2026-01-15 22:09:59
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