Venezuela
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World
How the U.S. Has Played a Role in Venezuela’s Presidential Election
The Biden administration helped prod the Venezuelan government to hold elections on July 28. Now, it is watching to see if the vote will be free and fair.
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World
Why Does Venezuela’s President Appear on the Ballot 13 Times?
“We haven’t seen anything similar to this,” said Staffan Darnolf of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, a group outside Washington that advises more than 30 countries on electoral operations. The ballot’s layout, he added, seems to ...
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World
They Fled Oppression at Home, but It Followed Them Abroad
Many Venezuelans who left their homeland oppose the country’s autocratic president, but strict requirements will prevent most from voting in a closely watched election.
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Newyork
Venezuelans Are Suffering, but More Sanctions Won’t Help
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela isn’t even pretending to play fair anymore. In October, he promised to take steps toward holding free elections, including allowing the opposition to pick a candidate in a primary process of its own choosing ...
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World
Venezuelan Opposition Names New Candidate in Show of Unity
The announcement that Corina Yoris would run came as a surprise to many who had feared that a fractured opposition would benefit President Nicolás Maduro.
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World
Deportation Flights from the U.S. to Venezuela in Limbo in Blow to Biden
Flights sending Venezuelans back to their homeland have not taken off for two weeks. The move is a setback to President Biden’s effort to tackle a migration surge.
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World
Stakes Change, but an Old Fight Over a Chunk of South America Flares Again
It was the depths of the Cold War in the 1960s, and Caracas was on edge. Marxist guerrillas in Venezuela were getting weapons and training from Cuba’s Fidel Castro. Along Venezuela’s eastern border, anticolonial leaders in what was then British ...
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World
Alex Saab queda libre a cambio de la liberación de 10 estadounidenses en Venezuela
Saab, aliado cercano de Nicolás Maduro, fue puesto en libertad cuando EE. UU. intenta presionar al gobierno autoritario de Venezuela a realizar elecciones justas.
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World
U.S. to Release Ally of Venezuelan President in Exchange for 10 Americans
The release of Alex Saab, a top ally of Venezuela’s president, comes as the United States is trying to push the authoritarian government to hold fair elections.
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Sports
Baseball Flourishes in Colombia’s Capital. But Not Because of Colombians.
In a Bogotá league, Venezuelans who fled their homeland have carried on their culture in a country surrounded by soccer — and have built a support system. “It’s like having a piece of Venezuela here.”