Vote likely to return congress to Maduro’s allies despite economy in ruins and US sanctions
Venezuelans go the polls on Sunday choose a new congress in an election that the opposition is boycotting and most western nations call a fraud by President Nicolás Maduro to retake the last state institution not in the hands of the ruling Socialist party.
The vote is almost certain to return congress to Maduro’s allies despite his government struggling with an economy in ruins, aggressive US sanctions that stifle the Opec nation’s oil exports, and the migration of 5 million citizens.
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