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Venezuelan election campaign opens amid persecution claims
Campaigning for July 28 presidential elections officially opened in Venezuela amid great uncertainty Thursday, with incumbent Nicolas Maduro accused of political persecution. Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia have both called