The anti-Maduro factions were further infuriated when the government notified main opposition leader Henrique Capriles in April 2017 that he was banned from political work for 15 years. . ..…
The vote was boycotted by Venezuela’s main opposition parties. They pointed out that Maduro’s two most popular rivals were banned from running, that the elections authority heavily favoured him, and that the Socialist Party’s aggressive campaigning often bordered on vote-buying. . ..…
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