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Venezuela’s Opportunity for Democracy

Despite an array of challenges, the Venezuelan opposition is coming into the campaign unified behind a single candidate.

The Garifuna Collective, which includes musicians from Belize, Honduras and Guatemala, plays the song Cumbancha from the album Ayó (2013).

Today’s featured artists are Lucio Feuillet and La Muchacha from Colombia with the song Nunca Callar (Never be silenced) (2021).

The measure has been in effect uninterrupted since March 2022, when the Salvadoran president promised to eliminate the gangs.

The existence of so many similarities between Cubans and Brazilians doesn’t make the two countries equal, however.

Adela Parra from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “A Small Lagoon”, in Trujillo, Venezuela.

Today’s featured artist is Lhasa de Sela a US-Canadian singer-songwriter with the song Los Peces from her album La Llorona (1997).

With 95.2% of the votes tallied Claudia Sheinbaum has 59.4%, Xochitl Galvez 27.9% and Jorge Alvarez 10.4%. Voter turnout was 60.9%.

Jodie Newell from the USA took our photo of the day: “Strawberry Poison Dart Frog”, in La Fortuna, Costa Rica.

“We are experiencing very difficult situations in exile. We do not have an organization to support us,” said Susana Cuningham.