The opposition to current President Nicolas Maduro announced on March 22 the name of the candidate who will run in the presidential election on July 28. Corina Yoris is expected to take the place of Maria Corina Machado, the popular opposition leader who was barred from running for office.
Ineligibility is the government's strategy to crush opponents, writes Alice Campaignolle. Today, surveys predict that the current president, Nicolas Maduro, would win between 20 and 30% of the vote, an insufficient score to win the election.