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...Chair Ronna McDaniel is now gone, replaced by two Maga allies: Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump and Michael Whatley, former chair of the North Carolina Republican party....
...There were clashes in Caracas and local media reported confrontations in the states of Lara, Barquisimeto and Vargas....
...“We need to separate what Chávez was from what Maduro is, because Maduro is not Chávez. Children are not the same as their parents....
...Henrique Capriles, the opposition leader who takes Brazilian social democracy as his model but is derided by Mr Maduro as a “rich kid”, meanwhile held a closing rally in western Lara state on Thursday....
...Having controlled eight states, the opposition only retained control of Miranda and Lara, both populous urban regions, and the rural state of Amazonas. but they suffered a bruising defeat in Zulia, Venezuela...
...Having controlled eight governorships before the elections on Sunday, the opposition retained control of only Miranda and Lara, both populous urban areas, and Amazonas, a sparsely populated rural state....
...and Lara, after a campaign so far largely focused on the media....
...But she does not examine the political challenges posed by the Chávez regime to El Sistema, only citing its place in the presidential portfolio as evidence of the government’s commitment....
...Also, one of the most high-profile and successful pro-government politicians, Henri Falcon, governor of Lara state, recently resigned from Mr Chávez’s United Socialist party, signalling growing dissent and...
...governorships include: finance minister Rafael Isea for Aragua; current incumbent Diosdado Cabello for Miranda; Jose Vielma Mora, former head of the tax office, for Tachira; former communications minister Willian Lara...
...Willian Lara, the communications minister, asked prosecutors to open a case against Globovision for inciting Mr Chávez’s assassination by broadcasting images of the attempted murder of Pope John Paul II...
...Some residents in Barquisimeto, a supposed Chávez stronghold, think he does: “A lot of people around here are tired of Chávez and want a change....
...“It’s one thing to respect Chavez, but we cannot follow that model here as we don’t produce 3m barrels of oil a day like Venezuela does....
...In an article in today’s El Nacional, Minister of Communications Willian Lara has made clear that the channel substituting RCTV will be under government control....
...William Lara, director of Mr Chávez’s Fifth Republic Movement party, claimed 114 seats in the expanded 167-member National Assembly, with its allies occupying the remaining 53....
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