{"id":36169,"date":"2023-05-05T22:50:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T22:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/venezuelan-opposition-party-replaces\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T22:50:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T22:50:46","slug":"venezuelan-opposition-party-replaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/venezuelan-opposition-party-replaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan opposition party replaces Guaido as candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARACAS (Reuters) &#8211;     Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular on Friday named a new candidate for a key presidential primary in October, replacing formerly anti-government leader Juan Guaido who left Venezuela unexpectedly in late April.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference, Voluntad Popular named political coordinator Freddy Superlano, a 46-year-old engineer and critic of President Nicolas Maduro, as its nominee, explaining Guaido could not represent the party from &#8220;exile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Voluntad Popular member Desiree Barboza said the decision to name Superlano the party&#8217;s candidate was unanimous. Superlano will be up against at least a dozen other figures seeking to lead the opposition in the presidential contest, expected in 2024.      <\/p>\n<p>Guaido arrived in Miami on April 25 from Bogota, where he had gone intending to join an international conference on Venezuela&#8217;s political future. He said Colombian authorities forced him to leave despite his appeal for protection citing new threats by Maduro&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>From 2019 to December 2022, Guaido served as acting president in a shadow government challenging Maduro until the opposition dissolved it. <\/p>\n<p>Like Guaido, Superlano is barred by judicial and administrative rulings from running for public office.<\/p>\n<p>Other candidates seeking nomination in the October primaries have also been disqualified, an issue the government and opposition have been negotiating.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Voluntad Popular headquarters, party member  Barboza called Superlano a &#8220;man who beat Chavismo&#8221;, referring to his 2021 victory in the race for governorship of Barinas state, a former stronghold of the ruling party as the birthplace of late President Hugo Chavez.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court, seen by critics as an arm of the government, invalidated the result and Superlano did not take office. <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>(This story has been refiled to correct the spelling of Nicolas in paragraph 2 and fix the dateline)<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Vivian Sequera and Mircely Guanipa, Writing by Isabel Woodford; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/venezuelan-opposition-party-replaces\/venezuelas-guaido-offers-a-news-conference-over-the-topic-of\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportTopNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440Q9-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440Q9-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARACAS (Reuters) &#8211; Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular on Friday named a new candidate for a key presidential primary in October, replacing formerly anti-government leader Juan Guaido who left Venezuela unexpectedly in late April. 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