[Python] Why do HTTPS requests produce SSL CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED error?

Here is my Python code:

import requests
requests.get('https://google.com')


This is the error:

requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='google.com', port=443):
Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1,
'[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:833)'),))


Using Insomnia gives me an error related with certificates:



My OS is Windows 7 Professional.

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