Incumbent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faces an uphill battle to regain the presidency as polling gets underway in that Soth American country.
The President of 11 years has been losing support as economic hardships continue unabated despite an uptick in activity in the capital and an IMF forecast of 4 percent economic growth in 2024.
There are eight other contenders for the Presidency the most popular being former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
(Details in politics section)
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