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• Brazil and Colombia voice concern as Venezuela bans opposition candidate

  26-03-2024 19:46
  
  South American neighbours respond to blocking of Corina Yoris, who was favoured to beat strongman Nicolás Maduro in electionsA chorus of Latin American nations, including Brazil and Colombia, have voiced concern over the deteriorating political situation in Venezuela after the opposition politician best-positioned to challenge its strongman leader, Nicolás Maduro, in July’s presidential election was prevented from registering for the vote.Corina Yoris, an 80-year-old philosop
  
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• Brazil and Colombia outraged over Venezuela’s bids to block opposition

  26-03-2024 19:46
  
  Nations respond to strongman Nicolás Maduro blocking María Corina Machado and now Corina Yoris from running against himA chorus of Latin American nations, including Brazil and Colombia, have voiced concern over the deteriorating political situation in Venezuela after the opposition politician best-positioned to challenge its strongman leader, Nicolás Maduro, in July’s presidential election was prevented from registering for the vote.Corina Yoris, an 80-year-old philoso
  
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• Who killed Marielle Franco? Arrests lay bare nexus of politicians, police and paramilitaries

  26-03-2024 10:30
  
  Brazilians shocked to find the man charged with investigating the city councillor’s assassination was one of its alleged engineersMore than a decade has passed since Rio’s homicide chief sat down for an interview with the city’s bestselling magazine to boast of a dramatic drop in murders.“There’s no such thing as a perfect crime,” proclaimed Rivaldo Barbosa, who the publication described as an industrious, church-going former air force sergeant who had instruc
  
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