Venezuela opposition leader Machado picks Corina Yoris as successor for presidential run


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  • Saturday, 23 Mar 2024

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses the media, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday named Corina Yoris as her successor to take on President Nicolas Maduro in the country's presidential election in July, following the arrest of two of Machado's close aides.

With Venezuela's opposition under pressure to pick a candidate to register their candidacy with the National Electoral Council before the March 25 deadline, the decision to pick historian Yoris, 80, all but marks the end of Machado's presidential aspirations.

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