Daniel Ceballos may be in jail, but he's also on the ballot
for Venezuela's legislative elections. The former San Cristobal mayor is among
winners of Sunday's opposition coalition primary, in which voters chose 42 of
the 167 candidates who will compete against the governing socialist party. Ceballos
was arrested last year for refusing to help the national government put down a
wave of street protests fed in part by anger over crime, inflation and
shortages. In a quirk of Venezuelan law, a win in the general election could
spring the 31-year-old from military prison because legislators receive
immunity from prosecution during their terms. More…
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