Henri Falcon
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henri Falcon talks to the media after registering his candidacy for president at the CNE headquarters in Caracas Thomson Reuters CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition coalition decried a decision by a former state governor to run against President Nicolas Maduro in elections in April, accusing him on Wednesday of undercutting their strategy of boycotting the vote.
'With this step, Henri Falcon abandons the (Democratic) Unity and the Venezuelan people's democratic sentiment, the coalition said in a series of angry tweets.
Opponents say Maduro, 55, has rigged the April 22 presidential vote in his favor by ensuring his most popular rivals - Leopoldo Lopez and Henrique Capriles - are barred from standing.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said US-imposed sanctions are making foreign debt renegotiation more hard and that the government would look to work with other countries to alleviate their needs. Javier Bertucci, a little-known evangelical pastor, confirmed his candidacy, Reuters underscored.
Bucking most analysts' consensus, several polls have shown Falcon stands a chance of defeating Maduro. Western nations and a dozen Latin American neighbours have been highly critical of the April election, saying Maduro was depriving Venezuelans of fair voting conditions.
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A former stalwart of the ruling Chavismo movement, Falcon, a former mayor and state governor, defected from the governing Socialist Party in 2010.
In a broadcast on Facebook on Thursday, Maduro said Venezuela's minimum wage was rising 58 per cent as of March 1 to 392,646 bolivars a month, or $US1.84 ($2.37) according to DolarToday, a website that closely tracks the black market rate. Falcon styles himself a centre-leftist, seeking to combine business-friendly economic policies with strong welfare programs.
Maduro narrowly won election after Chavez's 2013 death from cancer but has seen his popularity plunge during the economic crisis.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who has been pushing for a tougher stance on Venezuela, said, "There's a host of additional sanctions that could be imposed".
"Venezuelans want to get rid of Maduro, but not by killing each other in the streets", he said, also speaking at the election board in downtown Caracas.
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