Venezuela Prevents Opposition Leader From Running

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.   Machado is among the hard-line leaders who called for President Nicolas Maduro to resign last year and helped...

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