Ekaterina Kosevich commented to the publication Sobaka.Ru on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado.

Traditionally, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate is announced on Friday of Nobel Week. This year, there was particularly intense attention around the award—U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed his claims to the prize. However, the laureate turned out to be María Corina Machado from Venezuela, an opposition politician and a symbol of the struggle for democratic reforms and human rights in Latin America.

Commenting on this event for Sobaka.Ru, Ekaterina Kosevich, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CEMIS) at HSE University and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Naukozaciya , noted that the decision of the Nobel Committee reflects the growing attention of the international community to democratization processes in Latin America.

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