Venezuela's presidential elections, set to take place in late July, are shaping to become the largest challenge to Nicolas Maduro's rule in about a decade. The opposition is riding a wave of momentum, with polls showing candidate Edmundo González Urrutia ahead in the polls and large rallies across the country.
A new report by Americas Quarterly adds to the equation, claiming that even some government allies are starting to drift to the other side. The piece backs up its premise noting the reception that María Corina Machado, the opposition's leading political figure, has had in areas long considered to be Chavista enclaves.
