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Venezuelans Vote for Lawmakers and Governors as Opposition Calls for Election Boycott
- Venezuelan voters cast ballots on Sunday for 285 National Assembly deputies, 24 governors, and regional legislators amid widespread opposition calls to boycott the election.
- The vote follows intensified government repression, including detentions of dozens, among them a top opposition leader, suspected of plotting to disrupt the election.
- The polls are the first broad-participation elections since last year's disputed presidential contest won by President Maduro amid credible fraud allegations.
- A nationwide poll found only 15.9% of respondents very likely to vote, while opposition leader Humberto Villalobos called the vote “a comedy, a parody.”
- The election’s outcome is expected to maintain ruling-party control due to government appointment of loyalists to oversee opposition-held offices and persistent repression.
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Venezuelans were called to vote this Sunday in parliamentary and regional elections that decide the renewal of the National Assembly, regional governors and hundreds of mayors. The elections, marked by the fraud surrounding the presidential elections of 28 July last and by the absence of independent international observation, have once again divided the opposition to Nicolás Maduro. The majority sector, led by María Corina Machado, called for bo…
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