Venezuelan election could lead to seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro six more years

The Gazette

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Venezuelans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a presidential election in which incumbent President Nicolas Maduro is aiming to secure a third term against rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Deutsche Welle
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Nearly 21 million people are registered to vote, with a reinvigorated opposition trying to end the 25-year rule by the United Socialist Party with the promise to end the decadelong economic crisis that forced seven million people to emigrate.
Aljazeera
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Independent observers describe this election as the most arbitrary in recent years, even by the standards of an authoritarian regime that started with Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez.
Guardian
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Over the course of a generation, Chavismo, as the movement is called, has shattered the nation's democracy, presided over an extraordinary economic contraction unlike any seen outside of war, and become the source of one of the largest migrant crises in the world.
Deccan Herald

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