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you listen to podcasts. This is a CBSI and the world. I'm John Bachelor. The election in Venezuela at the end of July within these next weeks and I welcome Allison Fedurka of the

geopolitical futures a subscription side I recommend to look not only at

Maduro, Nicholas Maduro, the strong man, the illegitimate president in the opinion of many governments,

but a man firmly in control of the apparatus of the state of Caracas versus the

opposition which has many names so I welcome Allison to educate us about how the

opposition has chosen Mr. Gonzalez and what its assumptions are

when it comes to the vote.

Allison, a very good evening to you. The opposition did have a primary. In the victor of that primary Maria Karina Machado

was ruled ineligible by the Supreme Court of Venezuela closely associated with the president of Venezuela Maduro.

So Machadooistes aside, and the opposition then seeks a candidate to stand in for Machado.

They have chosen such a candidate.

He's a senior figure, Gonzales.

At the same time, what are the policies

that the opposition is offering?

What is their recommendation for the people of Venezuela

given the troubles of these last years?

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