Venezuela Elections: Opposition Chooses Final Candidate, Former Diplomat Edmundo Gomez, to Challenge Nicolas Maduro | Latin Post [Video]

The Venezuela elections have gotten a new twist as the main opposition coalition has chosen a brand new candidate to challenge dictator Nicolas Maduro, a relatively unknown former diplomat named Edmundo Gonzalez, who has been dubbed an “accidental candidate” after the Maduro regime disqualified or harassed every prominent possible opponent that the strongman might face.

All ten parties in the united opposition coalition have come together to back Edmundo Gonzalez as their final candidate in the July 28 election and they even have a campaign jingle for him already. It comes with a salsa beat and declares “Todo el mundo con Edmundo,” or “The entire world with Edmundo.”

With the disqualification of Maria Corina Machado, a candidate who was projected to beat Maduro should the election be free and fair, the opposition was sent scrambling to find somebody to challenge Maduro. Several came out, with Machado even handpicking her own alternate candidate. Ultimately, however, …