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Concern grows as Venezuela blocks election observers amid Maduro’s ‘bloodbath’ threat
Socialist Maduro, 61, will seek re-election on Sunday to a third six-year term amid accusations of opposition harassment by an increasingly authoritarian regime. His government agreed with the opposition last year to hold free and fair elections in 2024, …