Margaret Thatcher fan Machado was blocked from standing in the 2024 presidential elections, but she brought together a fractured Oppn. and energised the public to step out & vote.
Nobel committee chair, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, lauded Venezuelan Opposition leader Machado for 'keeping the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness'.
A day after the US military carried out another strike on a Venezuelan boat reportedly trafficking drugs, the FBI chief vowed a years-long mission against drug traffickers.
Donald Trump said on his Truth Social account that the decision was based on ‘the fact that Venezuela has purposefully and deceitfully sent to the United States thousands of criminals’.
Venezuela's electoral council declared President Nicolas Maduro winner of 28 July election with 51% votes. Opposition says its own detailed tally shows Edmundo Gonzalez likely received 67% votes.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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