Venezuelan opposition coalition able to register provisional candidate after electoral outcry

By JORGE RUEDA and MEGAN JANETSKY
Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s main opposition coalition says that the country’s government allowed them to register a provisional candidate for the upcoming presidential elections. It comes amid a wave of criticisms when opposition leaders said they were blocked from registering their candidate of choice the night before. The Unitary Democratic Platform coalition said they temporarily enlisted former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia as their candidate as a way to “preserve the exercise of the political rights that correspond to our political organization” until they are able to register another candidate. It is the latest in a chaotic process surrounding Venezuela’s July 28 election.