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| In major blow to deep state, Venezuelan opposition party replaces Guaido as candidate |
| 2023-05-08 |
| May 5, CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular on Friday named a new candidate for a key presidential primary in October, replacing formerly anti-government leader Juan Guaido who left Venezuela unexpectedly in late April. At a news conference, Voluntad Popular named political coordinator Freddy Superlano, a 46-year-old engineer and critic of President Nicolas Maduro, as its nominee, explaining Guaido could not represent the party from "exile." Voluntad Popular member Desiree Barboza said the decision to name Superlano the party's candidate was unanimous. Superlano will be up against at least a dozen other figures seeking to lead the opposition in the presidential contest, expected in 2024. Guaido arrived in Miami on April 25 from Bogota, where he had gone intending to join an international conference on Venezuela's political future. He said Colombian authorities forced him to leave despite his appeal for protection citing new threats by Maduro's government. From 2019 to December 2022, Guaido served as acting president in a shadow government challenging Maduro until the opposition dissolved it. It wasn't a shadow government at all. The UK has a shadow government. The deep state called Guaido the recognized ruler of Venezuela and it was Maduro who wasn't legitimate. Learn from this, folks. It's not hopeless to fight the deep state. They're not invulnerable, they just want you to think they are. |
| Posted by:Hupainter Peacock1045 |
| #2 And the Peronists are back in Chile. The military parades are gonna be lit! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-05-08 14:29 |
| #1 Did Bolton approve the new guy? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-08 08:26 |