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A Different Venezuela Awakens Today, July 28th

The hours ahead are tense, filled with energy and hope. One can feel the winds of change in Venezuela.

An agreement that describes values and practices necessary for both Venezuela and Nicaragua in their transition towards democracy.

If opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez wins, he must wait until January 10, 2025, to take office, after a long transition period.

Delsa Solorzano said the installation of polling stations by electoral staff for Sunday’s vote was completed with few anomalies.

Lula da Silva, Gustavo Petro & Gabriel Boric express their concern about the direction and policies implemented by the Venezuelan government.

The pair face multiple indictments for smuggling cocaine, fentanyl and heroin into the United States.

Mulino said Martinelli’s asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy “is a matter being handled at the level of the judiciary, not the Executive branch”.

We look at what each result could imply for the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

Today’s featured band is Sidestepper from Colombia with the song “Mas Papaya” del disco “In Beats We Trust” (2016).

Multiple challenges of a democratic transition: “consensus, coordination, participation, and not underestimating the adversary”.