Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has officially registered for re-election in the upcoming July elections, amidst strong government support. However, his main opposition candidate, an 80-year-old academic, faced challenges in registering her candidacy. The opposition coalition struggled to nominate a candidate, eventually registering a proxy candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, after facing obstacles from the electoral authorities.
#Venezuela | The National Electoral Council (CNE) registered the candidacies of 12 opposition politicians for the 2024 presidential elections, in which President Nicolas Maduro will also participate seeking reelection for the 2024-2030 period. https://t.co/UiIcdYWhmK
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro denounced the destabilization actions and assassination attempts against him carried out by the extreme right wing. https://t.co/sElymnsrhq
Brazil expressed "concern" over the upcoming elections in Venezuela after an opposition candidate was kept from registering. It was the first time that the Lula administration has wavered in its otherwise strong support for Venezuela's authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro🧵👇
#FromTheSouth News Bits | The Venezuelan Attorney General's office reported the arrest of two armed individuals who were at an event in support of the registration of the candidacy of President Nicolas Maduro. https://t.co/NUpP2Ft7Bh
#Venezuela | President Nicolas Maduro asserted that his administration will uphold the sovereignty of the people and will not accept foreign interference in internal affairs. https://t.co/TPEd8J31Wj
Maduro goes full Putin on democracy. Venezuela’s regime barred the leading opposition candidate from running in July’s presidential election https://t.co/m5EDKcO6gs via @WSJ
Venezuela’s Strongman Decides Who Will Run Against Him in Presidential Election https://t.co/bg0ra4RBqZ
Last week, Nicholas Maduro’s government arrested members of Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado’s campaign. Laura Dib joined the WarCast to discuss the escalation in repression ahead of Venezuela’s presidential election this summer. https://t.co/8O18FKkaqE
#Venezuela opposition registers presidential candidate to keep spot on ballot #oott https://t.co/qgbbDcun8u
#Venezuela: Several Venezuelan opposition parties have put their support behind a new candidate, Corina Yoris, to run against President Nicolás Maduro, a move that some analysts say could prompt the US to consider extending at least some oil sanctions relief in the runup to…
Venezuela’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it had managed to register a proxy candidate to face off against President Nicolas Maduro in the country’s July elections — but not the one it wanted https://t.co/gHTEqfJkax https://t.co/upeyR6vyI3
The main Venezuelan opposition coalition said early Tuesday that electoral authorities didn’t let it register its presidential candidate as the deadline ended, in what it called the latest violation to the citizens’ right to vote for change. https://t.co/b0JUD3sHpZ
Venezuela: at last a mild expression of criticism from Brazil over the exclusion of opposition candidate Corina Yoris @estadao: https://t.co/flprKWrCUu
kinda like here Venezuela's Strongman Decides Who Will Run Against Him in Presidential Election https://t.co/ZuAljBzHpA
Venezuela opposition leader Corina Yoris is blocked by electoral board from registering to run for president as U.S urges incumbent Nicolas Maduro to allow all candidates to run https://t.co/7UWppxp90z https://t.co/40iO8oaT5l
Venezuela’s regime barred the leading opposition candidate from running in July’s presidential election https://t.co/X6kXISqCSl https://t.co/X6kXISqCSl
‘Venezuela’s foreign ministry also hit out at Brazil, saying it repudiated its “bland & interventionist statement … which appeared to have been dictated by US state department” & demonstrated “deep unfamiliarity & ignorance” of Venezuelan politics’ 👀 https://t.co/zbbnLqSAkj
White House Slams Venezuela for Trying to Exclude Leading Opposition Candidate from 2024 Election Ballot https://t.co/nB8nCsvkgX via @BreitbartNews
Maduro’s #Venezuela is dictatorship. Full stop. https://t.co/lyhdhUbP2e
The attorney general of #Venezuela 🇻🇪, Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab), reported the arrest of citizens who tried to disturb order within the framework of an operation to attack the president Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) https://t.co/gXql9bAJCu
Update: amid growing international condemnation, #Venezuela's @unidadvenezuela opposition coalition has now been permitted to register a "placeholder candidate," Edmundo Gonzalez, to fill the MUD/Plataforma slot as the opposition hashes out its approach to the July election. https://t.co/69glz4ftRJ
Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, is increasingly likely to hold onto power after the leading opposition candidate was blocked on Monday from putting her name on the ballot for the national election in July. https://t.co/c79RYZQxxD
Important day for the regional response to #Venezuela's crisis. Both #Colombia and #Brazil have been unusually strident in their criticism of government's obstacles to allowing the @unidadvenezuela coalition to name a candidate ahead of the July election. https://t.co/34zKKFHnEZ
Essential overview of a supercharged 24 hours in #Venezuela politics by @philgunson, with blatant government meddling in deciding voters' choice of candidates. https://t.co/xBIY6Q3y6u
“Venezuela expert @philgunson said unusual interventions from leftwing govs of Brazil & Colombia reflected how ‘blatantly undemocratic’ actions of Maduro gov were. “It’s quite obvious opposition’s political rights have been grossly violated” https://t.co/zbbnLqSAkj
Finally some spine: Colombia and Brazil took the unusual step of criticizing Venezuela after the country’s opposition said it was blocked from registering for the July 28 election. https://t.co/eYsFyhbXvv via @bpolitics
By refusing to allow the main opposition parties to register Corina Yoris as a candidate (Maria Corina Machados substitute) Maduro appears to have lost support from his remaining allies in South America with both Colombia and Brazil issuing statements against his actions. https://t.co/oOEWl8MeYc
The #Venezuela opposition, or a part of it, has bowed to the inevitable and – at the very last minute – registered the presidential candidacy of Zulia state governor Manuel Rosales, one of just a handful of alternatives the Maduro govt was willing to accept.
Last week, several members of Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado’s campaign were arrested by Nicholas Maduro’s government. @LauraDib joined the WarCast to discuss the arrests. https://t.co/8O18FKkaqE
"Polls show the unpopular Maduro would be trounced by a landslide if Venezuelan voters were given half a chance," which is why he is blocking one opposition candidate after the other. https://t.co/zPkaj8dAEU
#FromTheSouth News Bits | The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab offered statements on the detection of destabilizing actions by the right wing against Venezuela and President Nicolas Maduro. https://t.co/Xe8edwLj78
#Venezuelan | Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil accused Colombia of meddling in Venezuela's internal political affairs. https://t.co/xleG4nOZhY
#Venezuela: Colombia and Brazil took the unusual step of criticizing Nicolas Maduro's regime after the country’s opposition said it was blocked from registering for the July 28 election. https://t.co/qMl9WuxPWH
Colombia expresses concern about the main Venezuelan opposition groups being unable to register a candidate for the presidential elections. #Venezuela https://t.co/8PByY0RG4R
Colombia and Brazil took the unusual step of criticizing Venezuela after the country’s opposition said it was blocked from registering for the July 28 election. https://t.co/f0kN1aNc1k
With no opposition allowed on the ballot, it’s clear Maduro and his thugs were never going to allow this year’s election in Venezuela free and fair. The U. S. must not recognize it as a real election and strongly condemn the total abandonment of democracy yet again. President…
A change: Lula government says Venezuela's decision not to allow opposition candidate is "not compatible with the Barbados accords." It also mentions "repudiating sanctions of any kind" to balance things a bit -- but still a shift here from Brazil https://t.co/PRaKAkqJ8H
Both Brazil and Colombia voicing concern over situation in Venezuela today https://t.co/Y1HCuFcMsz
#ÚLTIMAHORA | Brasil expresa su "preocupación" por el desarrollo del proceso electoral en Venezuela. https://t.co/SMVW8wWDvp
Venezuela: Maduro's regime is so terrified of losing in anything vaguely resembling a free and fair election that it has illegally blocked the candidacy of an 80-year-old academic with no previous political experience. https://t.co/jj3ZBXdGEl
Venezuela's National Electoral Council used its system to block parties at will, citing “technical failures” as part of a political game that seeks to forestall any possibility that Maduro, who is rejected by 80% of voters, might lose the "election" https://t.co/muC6Ap3eOq
#Venezuela | During a television program broadcasted by teleSUR, President Nicolas Maduro highlighted that his country has been in a great national union around the economic plan. https://t.co/hcQdiAyVma
🇻🇪 | Harassment against María Corina Machado, Maduro's main political rival, continues. So far in 2024, eight members of her team have been arbitrarily detained in Venezuela. More information here: https://t.co/07GVQwcBEv
Venezuela opposition leader Machado says Yoris remains coalition candidate in election https://t.co/a6WzpBygqp
Maduro shuts down key opponents, sets up presidential election against 11 easy-to-beat rivals https://t.co/6y8gQBmw64
Maduro didn't allow the strongest opposition candidate to compete in the forthcoming "election" in #Venezuela finally wiping out all (naive) hopes he was going to allow...What was the line? Oh yes, "free and fair elections." https://t.co/ZE5HuEPwGP
#Venezuela | Authorities detained three individuals in Caracas as they attempted to sabotage popular mobilizations in support of President Nicolas Maduro's candidacy registration for the presidential elections on July 28. https://t.co/madGEy8NJf
This is the key question today. Who is the "13th candidate" that the @cneesvzla claims has reserved a slot in the candidate nomination process? https://t.co/xWbJq8Nn1J
After blocking all the women candidates who polls showed would have easily won the election, #Venezuela’s regime has for now assembled a 12 Angry Men cast of presidential hopefuls—and there’s no Henry Fonda in the mix. https://t.co/e759vjlVTk
🇻🇪🗳️#VenezuelaElections I “It is truly amazing to see the opposition united around a single strategy and showing that they are not backing off,” said WOLA's Director for Venezuela @lauradib. Read more: https://t.co/eB9hEZ7BwW
Lots of mixed reports on candidate registration in Venezuela. What we know is that while the @unidadvenezuela coalition denounced that the government blocked @MariaCorinaYA’s chosen substitute from registering, they appear to have secured an unofficial extension. A (slim) window. https://t.co/gZdv5CgjdP
#Venezuela | During a television program broadcasted by teleSUR, President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that he will issue several decrees to strengthen Venezuelan territorial integrity once the Law for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba comes into force. https://t.co/P4HIs1DGxd
Aunque existe 12 postulaciones formales, en la medianoche el CNE admitió a otro candidato (#13) En este caso una tapa/cuida puesto. Esta admisión de última hora permite, por pocos días, margen de negociación y maniobra a la Plataforma Unitaria
In #Venezuela’s make-up-the-rules-as-you-go democracy, you don’t even have to run in the primaries. Then, six months later, and an hour after the application deadline, you can feign surprise that you’re suddenly presidential candidate. https://t.co/bKNrr62Yiy
Maduro spoke about the foiled attempt of a new assassination attempt on him. Anything could have happened at the march in Caracas, but two men who planned to throw an explosive device at the president were detained. They, as the Venezuelan leader said, “were exposed and… https://t.co/v1JaG3eo63
Corina Yoris: Venezuela's opposition candidate blocked from election https://t.co/8ecSj8AxND
#Venezuela Key Opposition Party Registers Presidential Candidate Governor Rosales enrolled by A New Era party before deadline Unitary Platform unable to register substitute candidate #oott https://t.co/TkaiozEXbC
Last week I wrote: “If…a new opposition candidate emerges who has the potential to unify Venezuela’s discontented electorate even without Machado’s blessing, that process must be allowed to proceed without interference from Washington.” https://t.co/xjnqT481nz
#Venezuela opposition again without candidate as Yoris unable to register #oott https://t.co/TXgjJntxV7
#BREAKING Venezuelan opposition figure and governor of the northwest Zulia state Manuel Rosales has officially registered for the July 28 presidential election, the National Electoral Council announced early Tuesday https://t.co/HXWmodnW3e
Venezuela's opposition coalition was left without a candidate in the race for July's presidential elections after 80-year-old Corina Yoris was unable to register before the expiry of Monday's deadline https://t.co/A5HkkJYBkN
It's a tale of two dramatically different political campaigns. Throngs of supporters of President Nicolás Maduro rallied at a giant stage draped in the red, yellow and blue colors of Venezuela's flag outside the electoral council headquarters. https://t.co/tGqd61CRcw
HEAD OF VENEZUELA OPPOSITION COALITION, OMAR BARBOZA, SAYS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REGISTER A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
#ENVIDEO | President Maduro celebrates with the people his registration for July 28th elections https://t.co/TQgtqoNSQ4
Two subjects are arrested who allegedly intended to attack Maduro https://t.co/AGQruYoMvf https://t.co/qkkQA2bvdE
President Nicolás Maduro makes official reelection run while would-be rival struggles to register candidacy https://t.co/v3VCNuABvL https://t.co/F44hfXg2l5
Venezuela opposition presidential candidate Yoris, 80, says her age is no handicap https://t.co/DI3AqFWor7
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro officially registered his candidacy in July elections, while the opposition remained blocked from signing up its aspirant with just hours until the clock runs out. https://t.co/N3i0JRnp6C https://t.co/OfG4h7qc7F
Much like his mentor Hugo Chávez used to do, #Venezuela’s Maduro in speech kicking off his reelection campaign says, without evidence, that 2 gunmen were caught at his rally and they're already “convicted” after confessing to working for the party of Maduro's banned rival. https://t.co/qJi7402YdG
ÚLTIMA HORA | Maduro confirma detención de "dos hombres con armas" en la movilización oficialista: "están convictos y confesos, pertenecen a Vente Venezuela" https://t.co/iYzPCzwCgD https://t.co/Y19mZRxxAB
Maduro makes official re-election run while would-be rival struggles to register candidacy https://t.co/HxXGIdMB39
#FromtheSouth News Bits | Hundreds of Venezuelans took to the streets to support President Nicolas Maduro's candidacy for the July 28 presidential elections. https://t.co/5QXtKoqLbL
Venezuela: President Maduro's party files candidacy for a third term. #breaking #CGTNAmerica
"It’s a tale of two dramatically different political campaigns"... Maduro makes official re-election run while would-be rival struggles to register candidacy (from @AP) By @APjoshgoodman & @jorgeruedaap https://t.co/UyCg3JmXMp
A tale of two starkly different campaigns in Venezuela. Maduro makes official his re-election bid amid throngs of government supporters. Meanwhile, his would-be rival -- an unknown 80-year old academic -- struggles just to register her own candidacy. https://t.co/Ue1vh6brwT