Venezuelan opposition leader names successor after two close aides arrested

Corina Yoris will now take on Nicolás Maduro in presidential election in July after Maria Corina Machado stepped aside

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has named her replacement to take on President Nicolás Maduro in the country’s presidential election in July, following the arrest of two of Machado’s close aides.

The naming of Corina Yoris, 80, as the opposition’s candidate comes after Venezuela’s attorney general announced the detention of two of Machado’s closest allies earlier this week and also said arrest warrants had been issued for seven other people, including rumoured Machado replacement, Magalli Meda.