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On the final day of campaigning, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking a third six-year term, holds a rally in Maracaibo (west) amid a climate of nervousness about possible fraud in the July 28 vote and violence in the aftermath. Maduro, in office since taking over from Hugo Chavez in 2013, counts the electoral authorities, military top brass and other state On the final day of campaigninginstitutions among his backers. He also has enjoyed unlimited access to state media and funding for propaganda on everything from building facades to toll booth signage and even ambulances. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a political rally ahead of presidential election despite having little chance of overcoming the hurdles the state has placed in her way. Polls show that Machado, who won an opposition primary with 92 percent of votes cast last October, would likely beat incumbent Nicolas Maduro in elections set for July 28. But she has been disqualified by state-aligned institutions from holding public office, accused of corruption. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
Several hundred demonstrators gather in Nanterre, near Paris, to protest the release from jail of a police officer who is accused of killing a teenager named Nahel on June 27. The officer remains charged with murder as criminal justice proceedings continue. The rally was called by the teen's mother. IMAGES
Protesters throw objects at police officers near the Obelisk in Buenos Aires where a demonstration is being held after a man died on August 10 in police custody. Facundo Molares, an Argentinian man identified as a former FARC guerrilla from Colombia who was detained in Bolivia in 2019, after being arrested and immobilized by three police officers at a protest against Argentina's upcoming primary election. IMAGES
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