Final Stretch Of Presidential Campaign, Venezuela Turmoil, Disney & DirecTV

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

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The 2024 presidential election campaign is entering its final stretch as the candidates mobilize and prepare for next week's debate. Venezuelan courts issued an arrest warrant for opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez after he claimed victory in July's presidential election, he's accused of conspiring against President Nicolas Maduro's government. And Disney, which owns ESPN, ABC, and Disney-Plus, pulled it's programming from DirecTV over a public contract dispute.

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0:00.0	The next week's big test. And erase this tight, will a debate make a difference?
0:14.4	I'm Leela Faudel.
0:15.4	That's Michelle Martin, and this is a first from NPR News.
0:18.3	Venezuela's opposition candidate is on the run after claiming victory in July's
0:26.1	presidential election. Much of the world agrees he won, but Nicholas Maduro is
0:30.3	holding on to power and accusing the candidate of conspiring against the government.
0:34.4	Will Venezuela's political and diplomatic crisis raise tension with the U.S. even further?
0:39.3	And millions of direct TV customers were left scrambling for ways to watch their favorite
0:43.0	shows and sports when Disney pulled its programming from the
0:46.0	distributor over a contract dispute. Can they resolve this before the US Open
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