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Opposition Leader Vows 'Empty' Polling Stations For Venezuelan Legislative Vote

Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado vowed a boycott of upcoming legislative and regional elections during an AFP interview via Zoom (Credit: AFP)

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who has called for a boycott of May 25 gubernatorial and legislative elections, on Thursday vowed polling stations would be "empty" 10 months after President Nicolas Maduro's disputed reelection.

The regional vote, she told AFP in a Zoom interview, was a "huge farce that the regime wants to stage to bury its defeat of July 28" when Maduro claimed victory in a presidential poll that Machado's party, and most of the international community, says the opposition won.

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