Venezuelan Opposition Choose Candidate to Take on Maduro: What to Watch

  • Polls show Machado as clear winner for Sunday’s vote
  • Roughly one million voters expected to cast ballots manually

Voters wait in line to cast ballots at a polling station during the opposition primaries in Caracas on Sunday.

Photographer: Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg
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Venezuelans voted on Sunday to pick the opposition candidate who’ll try to end a quarter century of socialist rule in 2024 elections.

Former lawmaker María Corina Machado is the clear favorite among the ten candidates, even though she’s banned from holding public office.