Venezuela hopeful Rosales willing to cede place to opposition unity candidate


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  • Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: Manuel Rosales, governor of Zulia and presidential candidate for the opposition, addresses the media, in Caracas, Venezuela March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardro Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

MARACAIBO (Reuters) - Venezuela presidential hopeful Manuel Rosales said on Wednesday he is willing to hand over his place on the ballot to a unity candidate, amid uncertainty over who will carry the opposition's banner in a July contest against President Nicolas Maduro.

Neither the landslide winner of an October opposition primary nor her alternate were able to register for the race before a Monday deadline, though two opposition groups, including Rosales' A New Time party managed to register candidates.

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