Venezuelan opposition figures win EU's top rights Sakharov prize

FILE - Venezuelan opposition leader Mariana Corina Machado, center-left, and then-presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, acknowledge supporters during a campaign rally in Guatire, Venezuela, May 31, 2024.

The EU parliament awarded the bloc's top rights Sakharov prize on Thursday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.