The United States has reimposed some sanctions on Venezuela, days after the South American country’s top court upheld a ban on the main opposition candidate, María Corina Machado.
Machado won a primary by a landslide to become the opposition’s unity candidate for the 2024 presidential election, but on Friday, Venezuela’s Supreme Court confirmed a 15-year ban on her running for public office, though she said she would stay in the race for president despite the ban.
The US loosened its sanctions on Venezuela in October after the government of President Nicolás Maduro reached a deal with the opposition, laying some of the groundwork for free and fair presidential elections to be held in the second half of 2024.
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