Nobel committee rejects Venezuelan opposition leader’s prize-sharing bid

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has said she would like to share her Nobel Prize with U.S. President Donald Trump, prompting a response from the Norwegian Nobel Committee. In a statement issued on the 9th, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which administers the Nobel Peace Prize, said that once a Nobel Prize has been announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to another individual. “Once announced, the decision remains permanent,” the committee said. The committee added that it does not, as a matter of principle, comment on statements or actions taken by Nobel Peace…

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