MARACAIBO / BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Campaigning closed on Thursday for Venezuela's regional election with opposition parties - returning to the polls https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/with-catchy-jingles-cautious-optimism-venezuela-opposition-returns-ballot-2021-11-17 for the first time in four years - appealing to voters to punish the ruling Socialists for hyper-inflation and a deep recession.
Sunday's election for state governors, mayors and city councils is a major test for the fragmented opposition, which boycotted the presidential polls in 2018 and congressional elections two years later accusing Maduro's government of fraud.
