Maria Corina Machado Wins Top European Rights Prize
• Council of Europe awards 2024 rights prize to Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado.
• Machado fought for democracy under President Nicolas Maduro’s rule.
• She is the first Latin American to win the award, named after Czech dissident Vaclav Havel.
• Machado is currently in hiding due to Maduro’s claimed presidential elections.
• The award was received by her daughter Ana.