Venezuela’s main opposition coalition unable to register a presidential candidate WSOC TV [Video]

CARACAS, Venezuela — (AP) — The main Venezuelan opposition coalition said early Tuesday that electoral authorities didn’t let it register its presidential candidate as the deadline ended, in what it called the latest violation to the citizens’ right to vote for change in the South American country.

The candidate, Corina Yoris, could not be registered by midnight Monday, which was the time limit for registering for the election set for July 28, said Omar Barboza, representative of the U.S.-backed Unitary Platform coalition.

On a video posted on the Unitary Platform X account, Barboza said this was “a violation of the right of the majority of Venezuelans who want to vote for change,” and he demanded the registry be reopened.

Yoris, an 80-year-old unknown newcomer, was named Friday the substitute to opposition leader María Corina Machado, who faces a government ban on her running for office.

Hours before the opposition coalition couldn’t register Yoris, President Nicolás Maduro got the support of thousands as …