Venezuela has a presidential election coming up at the end of July. As you may know, the country’s socialist dictator, Nicolas Maduro, has already done everything he can to rig the election and ensure he remains in power for another six years.
Last year, opposition parties held a referendum to decide who would represent them in the election. The winner by a landslide was Maria Corina Machado, a candidate who supports free market reforms in her country. Maduro’s government immediately announced that she would not be allowed to run for office. The country’s Supreme Court, which is packed with Maduro’s toadies, backstopped that decision.
With their chosen candidate ruled off limits, the opposition finally settled on a substitute, a 74-year-old former diplomat named Edmundo González Urrutia. He was literally no one’s choice for president last year but not he is running with the support…
