US tells Maduro: Allow Machado to run for Venezuelan president or face sanctions again

The Nicolas Maduro regime has until the end of November to fulfill its pledge to allow any opponent, including opposition leader María Corina Machado, to compete in next year’s presidential election, otherwise the Biden administration will reinstate the recently lifted sanctions, White House Latin America advisor Juan Gonzalez said Wednesday. Speaking in an interview with Colombian TV station NTN24, Gonzalez said the Biden administration also expects the Caracas regime to free all political prisoners as well as all Americans jailed unjustly in the South American country. “Before the end of Nov...