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Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Venezuela's Maduro Files Election Candidacy, Opposition Coalition Blocked

Thirteen UN employees who were expelled from Venezuela by Nicolás Maduro have already settled in Panama. (Credit: Pedro Rances Mattey/AFP)

Venezuela's main opposition coalition said it was prevented from registering its presidential candidate to run against President Nicolas Maduro in July, after he made his re-election bid official.

Once the midnight nomination deadline lapsed, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) said it had not been able to officially register its candidate.

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