This year's Nobel Peace Prize went to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee called her a, quote, "brave and committed champion of peace.

It took an American private rescue team 15 to 16 hours to get Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado out of her ...

Of all the Nobel prizes, none has attracted as much controversy over the years as the peace prize—for both the choice of awardees and those not chosen. This year was no exception. The world recoiled ...