Socialist Maduro, 61, will seek reelection Sunday to a third six-year term amid accusations of opposition harassment by an increasingly authoritarian regime.
His government agreed with the opposition last year to hold free and fair elections in 2024, with international observers present — winning a temporary easing of sanctions from the United States.
But he since reneged on some of the conditions, and loyalist institutions barred opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from running against him.
On Friday, Panama said its former president Mireya Moscoso, as well as former leaders Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica, Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia and Vicente Fox of Mexico, had their plane held up.
The group, which also included former Colombian vice president Marta Lucia Ramirez, got off to allow the plane, with many Venezuelan voters on board, to take off.
Really loving the usual suspects coming in here to immediately play apologist. Fuck Maduro.
Yeah I can’t say I know the political situation that well, but as of the end of 2023 the number of Venezuelans illegally crossing (47,000) had increased to just below the number of Mexicans (56,000.) It is a lot harder trip for the Venezuelans because they must cross the Darien Gap on foot, so something must be wrong in Venezuela.
You have to admit it’s pretty interesting that OP went with a Voice of America source.
It’s also pretty interesting that I’ve never seen VOA being posted until the election season decided to really kick off.
Then you haven’t been paying attention.
I pay entirely too much attention to Lemmy.
Not enough, then, unless you count the entire time from the exodus 'til now as being part of the election season. Which, while not incorrect, would not be particularly useful for identifying trends in sources.
You’re right. “Never” was a strong choice. “Rarely and definitely not daily in trending.”
I remember seeing it often enough that there were frequent quarrels over the source in the comments that I was usually involved in.