Venezuelan presidential election, 2018 (20 May)

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Venezuela is having a snap presidential election on 22 April

Henri Falcón has gone against the wishes of the Mesa de Unidad Democrática, which supported a boycot of the election, and has registered as a candidate for president.

Maduro and Falcón are so far the only two candidates that really have a chance at winning, and Falcon is the only that doesn't have a recent history as a Chavista

While Falcon isn't the most popular candidate out of the MUD, everyone else including 2012 and 2013 candidate Capriles and imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez has been barred from running by the national government

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It seems it has been postponed to mid May.
 

Yes, they moved it to 20 May earlier today

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There are 4 other candidates that are also running
Reinaldo Quijada, Francisco  Visconti and Luis Alejandro Ratti are campaigning on "via media" between Maduro and Falcon, in an "I supported Chavez, but Maduro is no good at all" line
Pentecostal pastor and businessman Javier "I am the light in the darkness" Bertucci is slightly more opposition-y than those 3, and is the only candidate with no current or former involvement with the PSUV/MVR, OTOH his rcord as a businessman is shady, having been investigated for contrabanding diesel fuel out of Venezuela and his name has appeared several times in the Panama Papers investigation

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The not very relevant Visconti won't be running anymore, it's still unclear if he left the race willingly or if the Electoral Commission found some reason that wouldn't allow him to run

And it seems that there's a new organization ready to replace the MUD, called the "Frente Amplio Nacional" (National Broad Front), which will launch this Thursday , but not much is known so far

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For more evidence of which countries' governments are ragingly hypocritical, check out who thinks this election is just fine: Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria and Turkey. VERY disappointed in the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (then again, they're basically a semi-authoritarian machine run by the Byrd dynasty) and the Unity Labour Party of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for signing off on this crap. Everyone else is pretty much as expected.

Turkey seems to be a new addition to the group