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Maduro Stance Risks Barbados Deal and Sanctions Relief  for Venezuela

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned on Thursday that plans with the political opposition to hold elections later this year are in danger of collapse, a move which could risk US energy sanctions relief.

  • Maduro’s ruling socialists reached a deal with the political opposition last year over talks in Barbados to hold elections at sometime during the second half of this year.
  • Maduro’s government is also required to reverse bans on political opponents but are yet to do so for front runner Maria Corina Machado, the opposition’s presidential candidate.
  • "Today the Barbados agreements are mortally wounded, they're in intensive care, they were stabbed, kicked," Maduro said in a televised state broadcast.

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