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Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was detained at a march in Caracas on Thursday in her first public appearance in months and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, demanded she be freed immediately. CBC | World News
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Chaos and an abduction in Caracas as Canada recognizes Venezuelan opposition
Canada today recognized Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the July 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, one day before Nicolas Maduro is due to be sworn in. Mass protests in the country saw the opposition leader emerge from hiding, only to be acducted and then released. CBC | World News
Read More »South Korea’s acting president Han faces impeachment vote from opposition party
South Korea’s main opposition party said it will introduce a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country’s constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law. CBC | World News
Read More »Aid groups told by Syrian opposition that workers would be safe amid regime change
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Read More »South Korean opposition parties submit motion to impeach president over martial law order
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Read More »Exiled Belarusian opposition leader has a message for the world: Stand up to dictators
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is in Canada this week telling anyone who will listen that democratic countries must be united in their opposition to dictators. CBC | World News
Read More »Most opposition parties ditch UN climate change conference in Azerbaijan, citing human rights concerns
Most of the opposition parties on Parliament Hill are ditching the high-profile annual United Nations conference on climate change this year, citing human rights concerns in the host country Azerbaijan little more than a year after the mass exodus of nearly 120,000 ethnic Armenians from their homes in the once-disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. CBC | World News
Read More »Women soccer players’ opposition to Saudi sponsorship demonstrates the power and responsibility of speaking up
Since women started playing organized sport, and through the different iterations of many leagues, women have not only fought for their right to play, they have fought to be paid fairly, to not be abused, and for their identities to be respected. The latest battle is with FIFA and its sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabia’s Aramco. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González granted political asylum in Spain
González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his upstart campaign to end two decades of single-party rule. CBC | World News
Read More »Venezuela to launch criminal investigation into opposition leaders who challenged Maduro’s election win claims
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