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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a political rally ahead of presidential election despite having little chance of overcoming the hurdles the state has placed in her way. Polls show that Machado, who won an opposition primary with 92 percent of votes cast last October, would likely beat incumbent Nicolas Maduro in elections set for July 28. But she has been disqualified by state-aligned institutions from holding public office, accused of corruption. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
Caracas, Jul 12 (EFE).- The Venezuelan opposition Manuela Bolívar on Monday asked the European Union (EU) commission in the country to see the message that the Venezuelan Government sends through the arrest of the former anti-Chavista deputy Freddy Guevara, whose whereabouts remains unknown so far. (Camera: IVÁN CÁRDENAS).B-ROLL OF THE STREETS OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BOLIVARIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (SEBIN) IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.SOUND BITE: MANUELA BOLIVAR, A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITION. TRANSLATION: This occurs within the presence of the EU commission, who comes to establish a space for the dialog and negotiation for the country. And now this happens to a participant who joins the EU table. He was kidnapped at noon today. By whom? by the regime's security officials.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer meets Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on his visit to the United States, which has voiced growing frustration at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko makes his first public appearance in months, greeting and waving at hundreds of supporters in the capital Dakar, a day after his release from prison. Sonko is welcomed by the crowd ahead of a press conference he was due to hold with his deputy, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was also released from prison on Thursday and who Sonko has endorsed as a candidate for the country's March 24 presidential vote. IMAGES
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