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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicVenezuela elections

Topic: Venezuela elections

Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez flees country, takes refuge in Spanish Embassy in Brazil

Edmundo Gonzalez ran against incumbent President Maduro in the controversial July elections in the Latin American nation.

7 EU nations urge Venezuela to promptly publish electoral rolls to ensure transparency

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.

US endorses Venezuelan opposition leader as winner, Russia and China support Maduro

The US stance has put pressure on Venezuela's election body, which Monday declared incumbent President Nicolás Maduro victorious without releasing any vote tallies.

Amid dispute over Venezuela presidential poll results, candidates told to present their vote tallies

President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday said that his socialist party is ready to present all vote tallies and asked the Supreme Justice Tribunal to ensure all parties do the same.

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India’s Dharmic tradition offers an intellectual framework for global peace

Global leadership will require the ability to mediate conflicts and anchor policy in ethical reasoning. The intellectual resources for such leadership exist within India’s civilisational heritage.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.