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Venezuela: Maduro's Coalition Wins 17 of 23 States As Opposition is Split

CARACAS, Venezuela - The National Electoral Council (CNE) said that President Nicolás Maduro's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won 17 of 23 state governorships in Sunday's election as parts of the divided opposition presented candidates while others abstained from the vote in protest and urged their followers to do the same.

Venezuela: Opposition Effort to Recall Maduro Underway

CARACAS, Venezuela – The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) has opened polling stations across the country and citizens are filing through as the electoral body has opened the first stage of the opposition’s recall effort against President Nicolás Maduro. In the December 2015 election, Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) lost their majority in

Venezuela: Supreme Court Rejects Opposition's Bid to Terminate Maduro Presidency Early

CARACAS, Venezuela - The Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ), the highest judicial body in Venezuela, has rejected the opposition's bid to change the presidential mandate from six years to four years, which would have ended President Nicolás Maduro's mandate early and called for elections in December of this year.