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Maduro rejects speculation he'll suspend Venezuela elections
http://news.yahoo.com/maduro-rejects-speculation-ll-suspend-venezuela-elections-024137260.htmlCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro is rejecting speculation that he is considering suspending Venezuela's legislative elections later this year.
Maduro said Wednesday that even under the most adverse circumstances he would go forward with the vote.
"Rain, thunder or lightning, this country is going to have parliamentary elections in 2015," Maduro told supporters at a rally.
Support for Maduro's socialist administration has fallen off sharply as Venezuela's economy has plunged deeper into crisis marked by widespread shortages and inflation over 60 percent. The president's approval rating in January stood at 22 percent, the lowest since the revolution started by the late President Hugo Chavez in 1999.
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I predict no elections. They are too far behind. Fraud would be a possibility but it would have to be on a massive scale given how far they are behind.