Elections
Venezuelans Cast Votes in Test of Commitment to Democracy
- Maduro faces off versus González, stand-in for popular Machado
- All eyes on the transparency and fairness of the vote
A voter casts a ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas on July 28.
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For the first time in more than a decade, Venezuelans are hopeful about getting a chance at democracy.
Across the Andean nation, people braced late Sunday for the results of a tense and dramatic presidential race. Nicolás Maduro, whose 11-year grip on power spanned one of the worst humanitarian and economic crises in modern history, has been running for reelection against a candidate who wasn’t even on the ballot.