Venezuelan election could lead to a seismic shift in politics or give President Nicolas Maduro 6 more years

Associated Press via MSN ^ | 07/28/2024 | REGINA GARCIA CANO

[SeekAndFind]

Maduro, 61, is facing off against an opposition that has managed to line up behind a single candidate after years of intraparty divisions and election boycotts that torpedoed their ambitions to topple the ruling party.

Edmundo González is representing a coalition of opposition parties after being selected in April as a last-minute stand-in for opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado, who was blocked by the Maduro-controlled Supreme Tribunal of Justice from running for any office for 15 years.

Machado, a former lawmaker, swept the opposition's October primary with over 90% of the vote. After she was blocked from joining the presidential race, she chose a college professor as her substitute on the ballot, but the National Electoral Council also barred her from registering. That's when González, a political newcomer, was chosen.

[Lod881019]

Madurai losing is about as likely as Pelosi losing in San Francisco

[Jonty30]

If Maduro gets 6 more years, the Venezuelans deserve what they get.

[Indy Pendance]

Is Edmundo González their “conservative equivalent”?

[Jonty30]

Whatever his policies are, he’s gotten threats from the regime. So, he’s an improvement even if he’s not the Venezuelan equivalent to Trump.

[gunnut]

What’s more likely a free and fair election in Venezuela or a free and fair election in a blue state?

[4Runner]

This report is thin on the details. BBC has a better article on Gonzalez. Here is the link:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevwzvxqw1vo

[Indy Pendance]

Thanks

[nickcarraway]

When is the invasion of Guyana scheduled?

[Indy Pendance]

That was an interesting read, Venezuela sounds just like us. I hope this new guy wins. Venezuelans need it. And so do we. We aren’t the only ones under attack from the DS.

[nickcarraway]

The U.S. has the highest obesity rate of any country in the world. (That isn't a tiny dot in the South Pacific.)

There is only one leader in the world who can reverse that.: Nicolas Maduro.

Under his watch, the average Venezuela lost 40 pounds in a year or two.

Maduro 2024: Make America Thin Again.

[4Runner]

Betcha Venezuelans don’t have “Early Voting”, “Vote-By-Mail”, and the crooked BS “Motor Voter” ballot-box-stuffer-law. I think they still have voter ID requirements like most countries which at least pretend to give their citizens a choice.

[Yulee]

I believe that Dominion machines are used in Venezuela.

[CapnJack]

“If Maduro gets 6 more years, the Venezuelans deserve what they get.”

Problem is, the loosing side will all emigrate to the US, so we will get what they deserve.

[Wasatch Back]

Yeah, I dont know these people pretend this is a fair election (or that we could have one in the US).

[b4me]

no room here, we don’t need any portion of 7.7 million more.

[FLT-bird]

as if Maduro and the Commies would ever allow a free and fair election.

[dfwgator]

In the end, the Army will decide.

[ThanhPhero]

A Gonzalez win against Maduro would lead to the arrest and disappearance of Gonzalez and probably arrest and imprisonment or elimination of lots of opposition figures.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I think that’s where it started, IIRC.