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Elections in Venezuela: will the US intervene?
TIM YOUNG writes on how elections are taking place in Venezuela amid interference and sabotage
SCRUTINISED: Members of the Venezuelan Electoral Council test voting machines at a warehouse in Caracas before mid-term elections on December 6
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Labour government must urgently start to implement the policies on which it got elected, or it will face curtains, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
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VENEZUELA goes to the polls in less than two weeks’ time amid concerns about both possible sabotage of the process and efforts by the US and its allies to delegitimise the outcome.
The elections for the National Assembly on December 6 are for 277 parliamentary seats for a five-year term that begins on January 5 2021. More than 20 million citizens will be able to cast their vote.
A number of US-backed right-wing opposition parties, urged on by self-proclaimed “interim president’’ Juan Guaido, have decided not to take part in the elections and have called for a boycott.
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