Venezuelan government critic María Corina Machado has been declared the winner of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate in polling last weekend that has been denounced by the socialist government as illegitimate. The voting Sunday organized by the National Primary Commission drew more than 2.
María Corina Machado, a former lawmaker and longtime government foe, speaks to the press in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Machado continued to dominate the primary election held to pick the opposition’s candidate to challenge Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next year, holding her support above 90% in the latest partial returns announced Monday.
Still, the opposition primary commission declared Machado the winner Thursday in an event before opposition leaders and some of the other candidates she obliterated at the ballot box Sunday.Ex-lawmaker María Corina Machado dominates opposition’s presidential primary in Venezuela Maduro’s government last week agreed in principle to let the opposition choose its candidate for the 2024 presidential election. But the government has in the past bent the law, retaliated against opponents and breached agreements as it sees fit.
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