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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 04:44 UTC

Tag: Isabel Pereira Pizani

  • Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 05:59 UTC

    Venezuelan government bans opposition leader from running in congressional election

    Ex-congresswoman Maria Corina Machado said the Elections Council had rejected her attempt to register for the Dec. 6 elections

    Venezuelan election officials rejected a high-profile opposition leader's attempt to register as a candidate Monday for upcoming congressional elections. Former congresswoman Maria Corina Machado announced that the National Elections Council had rejected her attempt to register to run in the Dec. 6 elections and called it a grotesque violation of her rights.