Expelled from PJ and now aligned with UNT, Capriles and Tomás Guanipa are launching an electoral platform as chavismo removes their political bans. Meanwhile, certain alliances raise questions about what it means to be “opposition” #NowWhatVenezuela
The Interior Minister is sending several mayors to prison on drug trafficking allegations, while building unprecedented influence in the Colombo-Venezuelan border
Maduro just ordered electricity rationing and reduced working hours for public offices. But the climate emergency he used as the excuse can’t be observed at the region that feeds the country’s main hydroelectric reservoir
Un Nuevo Tiempo is the only opposition party being allowed to run in the May 25th vote for new governors, lawmakers and state legislatures.
The list of UNT candidates for the National Assembly is has been leaked, featuring several figures from outside the party’s ranks. Henrique Capriles leads the list, followed by Tomás Guanipa in fourth place, Henri Falcón, and MAS Secretary General Felipe Mujica.
What about the other pro-vote groups?
Movimiento por Venezuela (MPV), which endorsed president-elect Edmundo González, was barred from the ballot—along with Centrados, the minor center-left party that nominated Enrique Márquez in last year’s presidential elections, who remains in prison.
Meanwhile, there are rumors that a new party promoted by the Capriles camp—ÚNICA—will appear on the ballot, but this hasn’t been confirmed.
The governor of Zulia seems to expect he’s after the anti-government vote on July 28. But his history rather shows he’s the system’s candidate.
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