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Montevideo, January 27th 2026 - 11:59 UTC

Tag: Nobel Prize

  • Thursday, January 15th 2026 - 22:00 UTC

    Machado handed her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump

    Machado confirmed the move after leaving the US Capitol, following a packed schedule that included a closed-door meeting of more than two hours with Trump

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado handed her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump on Thursday, in a symbolic gesture that capped a high-stakes visit to Washington amid mixed signals from the White House over Venezuela’s political future.

  • Thursday, January 15th 2026 - 21:26 UTC

    Machado says she counts on Trump, but White House backs Delcy Rodríguez

    Machado confirmed that she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal in a symbolic gesture that evoked a historic exchange between Washington and Bolívar 200 years ago. Photo: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told supporters gathered outside the White House on Thursday that “we count on the president for Venezuela’s freedom” after holding a closed-door meeting lasting more than two hours with US President Donald Trump.

  • Friday, October 10th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy

    Machado has spent nearly a year in hiding due to political persecution by the government of Nicolás Maduro

    The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, recognizing her for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela” and “her struggle for a fair and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Former US President Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

    Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States

    Former US President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (1977-1981) died Sunday in the State of Georgia, The Carter Center confirmed on social media. He was 100. He had been in hospice care in Plains, Georgia, since February 2023. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter died on Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96.

  • Tuesday, June 25th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Awkwardness surrounds Milei's presence in Prague

    “We are on the right path,” Milei insisted

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday said from Prague that he would “probably” be awarded the Nobel Prize for “rewriting economic theory” with his administration's alleged achievements rescuing the South American country from hyperinflation and getting it back on track. Besides his political engagements with the Czech authorities, Milei's presence in town sparked another controversy regarding a new accolade he was presented after the organization allegedly behind the distinction said it had nothing to do with it.

  • Thursday, February 22nd 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Chilean authorities reopen probe into Neruda's death

    The poet had prostate cancer but was said not to be terminally ill

    Chilean authorities decided this week to launch an investigation into the Sept. 23, 1973, death of Communist poet Pablo Neruda, winner of the 1971 Literature Nobel Prize, who is believed to have been poisoned by the military regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) less than a fortnight after seizing power in a bloody coup d'état. At that time, Neruda, 69, was said to be suffering from prostate cancer, but it is believed he was not terminally ill by then.

  • Monday, October 10th 2022 - 18:55 UTC

    Nobel Economics Prize split among 3 US scholars

    Banks play a key role in economic recessions. Preventing banking crises might prove pivotal in avoiding these unwanted results, the Swedish Academy argued

    The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig of the United States “for their research on banks and financial crises,” it was announced in Stockholm Monday.

  • Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

    “Click chemistry” developers awarded Nobel Prize

    “Click chemistry and bioorthogonal reactions have taken chemistry into the era of functionalism,” the jury explained

    Caroline R. Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless of the United States have been awarded the 2022 Chemistry Nobel Prize together with Denmark's Morten Meldal for making difficult things easy, it was announced.

  • Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 18:20 UTC

    Sweden-born scientist gets Medicine Nobel Prize 40 years after his father did

    Pääbo's father, Sune Bergström, had already received the Medicine Nobel Prize in 1982 for his findings on hormones. Monday's winner bears the family name of Estonian chemist mother Karin

    A Sweden-born scientist who resides in Leipzig, Germany, has been awarded Monday the 2022 Medicine Nobel Prize for his findings on prehistoric DNA.

  • Monday, October 11th 2021 - 19:16 UTC

    Nobel Economic 2021 Prize goes to US-based trio

    Card was awarded one half of the prize, while the other half was split between Angrist and Imbens.

    David Card, Joshua D Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday for their research “drawing conclusions from unexpected experiments” applied to labor market analysis.

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