Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro
kicked off his presidential campaign giving away trash trucks and tractors
while challenger Henri Falcon laid out plans to de-politicize state oil company
PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] and dollarize an ailing economy. Turnout at the May 20
election is expected to be low given Venezuelans’ depression over an
unprecedented economic meltdown and a boycott by the mainstream opposition
which views the poll as a farce intended to legitimize autocracy. More…
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