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In Venezuela’s presidential elections, incumbent Nicholas Maduro fights a movement against him lead by Maria Corina Machado, who’s been barred from the race. In Russia, Russian American journalist, Alsu Kurmasheva, is sentenced to prison in a case similar to that of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
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Opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and party leader María Corina Machado wave to supporters in Las Mercedes on July 25, during their closing campaign event.
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Opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and party leader María Corina Machado wave to supporters in Las Mercedes on July 25, during their closing campaign event.
Lexi Parra for NPR
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