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Venezuela holds legislative and local elections amid opposition boycott calls

More than 21 million Venezuelan voters called to vote for legislators, governors and other officials amid growing government repression. But many citizens are considering whether to heed the opposition's calls to boycott the vote and the ruling party's calls to participate.

The election will be the first to allow a large voter turnout since last year's presidential election, which President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite credible evidence to the contrary.

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