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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The future of Venezuela is on the line. Voters will decide Sunday whether to reelect President Nicolas Maduro, whose 11 years in office have been beset by crisis, or allow the opposition a chance to deliver on a promise to undo the ruling party’s policies that caused economic collapse and forced millions to emigrate.

Historically fractured opposition parties have coalesced behind a single candidate, giving the United Socialist Party of Venezuela its most serious electoral challenge in a presidential election in decades.

Maduro is being challenged by former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, who represents the resurgent opposition, and eight other candidates. Supporters of Maduro and Gonzalez marked the end of the official campaign season Thursday with massive demonstrations in the capital, Caracas.

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[–] Zipitydew 35 points 4 months ago

In before Maduro gets 113% of the vote

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

He looks like the president in Pálpito

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maduro’s government has cracked down on the opposition despite promises to pave the way to fair elections in exchange for relief from economic sanctions imposed by the United States last decade as democratic and human rights conditions deteriorated in Venezuela. The recent moves prompted the Biden administration to re-impose crushing oil sanctions last month.

Is there any evidence that sanctions like these actually achieve their stated goals? In this case, they certainly don't seem to have worked. So, why double down?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Is there any evidence that sanctions like these actually achieve their stated goals?

The Cuban government says no. Also, they've invited another private company to open up a resort hotel on their coast.

[–] xiao -2 points 4 months ago

If they want economic stability they should choose the USA (CIA) candidate (his nickname does not matter)

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The radical right is once again being expected to vote for a candidate like Urrutia simply because he is not Maduro. The centrists try to placate the right that they'll get a better candidate in the future, but for now they just can't let Maduro retain power and continue to destroy the country.

I'm sorry, but until the centrists are willing to nominate someone whose policies will be very popular with the people, they will continue to lose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Nobody that isn't a radical is going to candidate for that spot.