Main opponent Maria Corina Machado accuses Nicolas Maduro of choosing his rivals for the presidential election. Ineligible, accused by the authorities of corruption and of supporting a foreign invasion, Ms.
Machado had chosen Corina Yoris to replace her. The latter, however, was not able to register on the lists to officially present herself. Brazil and Colombia expressed their “concern” about the evolution of the Venezuelan electoral process, while Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini believed that Venezuela was “consolidating itself as a dictatorship”