San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela, Oct 9, 2026 (AFP) - Venezuelan ex-judge says forced to sign Machado election ban

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2026-10-09

A former Venezuelan judge told AFP on Thursday that she signed off on banning opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from elections due to government threats, a revelation that has renewed demands to overturn the ban. Barbara Cesar Siero, a Supreme Court justice from December 2014 to February 2024, said that two of her brothers and her sister-in-law, all military personnel, were arrested in December 2023 in an attempt to force her to sign the ban......

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