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The truth about Venezuela’s elections
The US and its allies are gearing up to delegitimise the results of the forthcoming election by branding it ‘undemocratic’ – but the country’s automated system is the most audited in the world, writes TIM YOUNG of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
A man casts his ballot in front of a mural of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a voting rehearsal at a public school in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela
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VENEZUELA is holding its fifth election for the National Assembly since Hugo Chavez first won the presidency in December 1998.
The five-yearly contest for seats in the assembly will take place on December 6.
While the Trump administration and the self-declared “interim president” Juan Guaido have already declared that they will not recognise the elections as “free and fair,” Venezuela is going to even further lengths than previously to demonstrate that the electoral process is of unquestionable integrity.
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