The nomination process for presidential candidates in Venezuela continues, with the Future Venezuela Movement nominating Nicolas Maduro as a candidate. The opposition faces challenges as members are arrested, and Maria Corina Machado steps aside for an 80-year-old academic, Corina Yoris, to challenge Maduro. Yoris, a philosopher and historian, is unexpectedly thrust into the political arena, with support from the opposition. Thousands accompany Maduro for his candidacy registration.
A ClearPath Strategies poll shows just how much Venezuelans want Maduro out. A candidate backed by Maria Corina Machado would win 49% to 27%. And one who doesn’t have her support would squeak out victory over Maduro, 35% to 27%, the poll shows. https://t.co/zMO9WQ8Qy1
Corine Yoris, picked to take on Maduro, speaks for countless Venezuelans: “I’ve met and seen my grandchildren grow up on social media, through Zoom, in video calls. That’s very painful, very sad. They broke the ties that families had.” https://t.co/MicqE0lkjw
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Venezuela: Fourth day of the presidential candidate registration process. https://t.co/dxIn9kRCSa
In Venezuela, MCM's proxy candidate is Corina Yoris, an academic and an 80-year-old grandmother. Quite the contrast to the mustachioed Maduro who jokes about his resemblance to Stalin. But the regime might not let Yoris on the ballot either. My NPR story https://t.co/LbJqG7o4cL
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Citizen participation in the #Venezuela opposition’s primary surpassed all expectations and gave Machado over 90% support among a population desperate for change. But now that she's been disqualified, what's next? @dsmilde: https://t.co/7tQ13WoOOT
#Venezuela | Thousands of people will accompany President Nicolas Maduro in the registration of his presidential candidacy at the National Electoral Council (CNE). https://t.co/uMdeL6BsSy
Meet @yorisvillasana, the 80-year-old historian, philosopher, grandmother, diehard Real Madrid fanatic who was plucked out of her quiet academia life to challenge #Venezuela strongman @NicolasMaduro. “It’s totally surreal” she tells @wsj in interview. https://t.co/iHYZfUVk2D
Venezuela’s opposition is challenging Maduro in the upcoming July 28 election. The only question is how—and whether they can do so united or divided. Read my latest for the @AtlanticCouncil ⬇️ https://t.co/j8Q85lvo4F
Meet the 80-Year-Old Grandmother Who’s Taking On Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. @WSJ https://t.co/PynoupwKWy
“She’s a philosopher, she’s a historian,” Phil Gunson, of the International Crisis Group, said of Maduro's new challenger, Corina Yoris. “She’s a student of advanced logic. She has an incredible brain. And she’s rather engaging and amusing and likable." https://t.co/UgLMga0qpi
Corina Yoris's life has been one of scholarly tomes on philosophy and classes on Venezuelan history. Now the 80-year-old grandmother has been chosen to challenge the contry's strongman — if she's not banned from office first. https://t.co/ntrzbWoOWV via @WSJ
“It’s totally surreal because I’ve dedicated my life to academia," the 80-year-old grandmother who is taking on Venezuela's strongman, told @WSJ. “Aspirations of becoming president of the republic have never passed through my head. Never." ”https://t.co/rP0evpyRcw
Corina Yoris, a widow and grandmother to seven children, has been plucked out of her quiet life in academia to challenge Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro https://t.co/Ju2xTZYQMO https://t.co/Ju2xTZYQMO
🇻🇪 🇨🇴 | The arrest of a member of the Tren de Aragua on Colombian soil exposes the group’s unexplored links to large-scale drug trafficking. Read our analysis: https://t.co/jiTtm45fGJ
🇻🇪 | The Venezuelan regime arrested two members of the team of María Corina Machado, Maduro's main rival in the presidential elections. Read our content on this recent wave of repression: https://t.co/vnONF5R5NB
Amid rumors that even @MariaCorinaYA’s replacement will be banned from running in elections, #Venezuela’s opposition is committed to electoral participation and emphasizing the importance of unity. Read my latest for @AtlanticCouncil’s New Atlanticist. https://t.co/j8Q85lvo4F
Venezuela's Maduro hoped to fracture his opposition by disqualifying its leading candidate against him. Prioritizing an effort to resurrect democracy from Maduro's autocracy, the opposition surprised him by unifying around another candidate. https://t.co/MDz1VKDHn9
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Steps Aside Before Election Amid Crackdown Barred by regime from holding office, María Corina Machado says an 80-year-old academic will run in her place https://t.co/P17Z0hFJTi
Machado may have to step down and put her weight behind a substitute opposition candidate in order to put up the best fight against Maduro this time: https://t.co/7tQ13WoOOT
Here we go: #Venezuela’s electoral council blocking the inscription of Machado’s substitute. Maduro determined to crush any chance of a real opposition candidate participating in the election, as expected. https://t.co/kf7kVzIMaX
The process of nominating candidates for the presidential elections in #Venezuela continues. Our correspondent Gladys Quesada (@GladysteleSUR) gives us a report on this matter https://t.co/Dft6ResNu0
Venezuela’s embattled opposition announced Friday it was naming a new candidate to face off against President Nicolas Maduro this summer, giving renewed hope to the country’s push toward democracy. https://t.co/BwkdDBwsEy
#CocaineRoundup | The rise in violence in Ecuador is mirrored by historic cocaine seizures, as traffickers fight to control strategic routes in the country. Production appears to be up, and new routes are growing around the world 🧵 https://t.co/KPLZ8X7Uh9
A petition was filed in the US to designate the Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization. The mega-gang has expanded throughout the Americas, establishing trafficking and extortion networks. Learn more, here: https://t.co/I4y6rFYe3z https://t.co/mpxE8bY0mw
#Venezuela | Future Venezuela Movement, led by the governor of the state of Miranda, Hector Rodriguez (@HectoRodriguez), nominates the current president, Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) a presidential candidate https://t.co/QxfzucOq8T
#Venezuela | The nomination process for presidential candidates continues this Saturday, March 23. The president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, leads the process https://t.co/1P2UjBHokS