Venezuelan Opposition Coalition Condemns Falcon Presidential Bid

Venezuela's opposition coalition decried a decision by a former state governor to run against President Nicolas Maduro in elections in April, accusing him on Wednesday of undercutting their strategy of boycotting the vote. Henri Falcon, 56, a former military man who broke with the ruling socialists in 2010 to join the opposition, launched his candidacy in defiance of the Democratic Unity coalition's policy of not fielding candidates to isolate Maduro. "With this step,...

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