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Leading early, Machado claims win in Venezuelan opposition’s presidential primary_我的网站

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A | CARACAS, Venezuela -- Early returns in the Venezuelan opposition's presidential primary gave a big lead to former legislator Maria Corina Machado early Monday, and she quickly claimed victory as the voters' choice to lead the campaign to end the decade-long, crisis-ridden presidency of Nicolás Maduro. The independent National Primary Commission, which organized the primary, did not release any results until long after polling stations closed Sunday, blaming internet censorship. The organizers said that in the first 601,110 ballots counted, about 93% picked Machado, who had entered the vote as a strong front-runner. The rest of the votes were scattered among the other nine candidates. There was no indication of how many people cast ballots in all, and organizers were expected to release additional results throughout Monday.“Today, very powerful forces have been unleashed," Machado told supporters gathered outside her campaign headquarters in the capital, Caracas. “Today, we have shown ourselves what we are capable of doing in the face of all the obstacles, in the face of all the abuses.”Holding Venezuela’s first presidential primary since 2012 required the deeply fractured opposition to work together. Venezuelans, in turn, showed up at voting centers in and outside of their homeland to make it count, enthusiastically lining up for hours despite scorching sun and torrential rain.Still, what they saw as a monumental exercise in democracy could still prove futile, if Maduro’s government wishes.While the administration agreed in principle to let the opposition choose its candidate for the 2024 presidential election, it also has already barred Machado from running for office. Maduro’s government has in the past bent the law, retaliated against opponents and breached agreements as it sees fit.Hundreds of people gathered at voting centers in neighborhoods across Caracas even before polls opened. They stayed in line despite a rainstorm that left them soaking wet. They carried umbrellas, folding stools and coffee to ease the expected waits, and leaned against buildings or stood under marquees to try to avoid the rain. Caracas resident Stephanie Aguilar, 34, cried while she waited to vote. She described the primary as the only “salvation” for her country, her daughter and son, and the millions of Venezuelans who decided they had to emigrate due to the nation’s economic and political turmoil. “We want a better country, a free country, for my children ... who have grown up in this government,” Aguilar, a housewife, said as she wiped tears from her face. “They ask, ‘Mom, can we go out to eat?’ No, there is no money. ‘Mom, can we do this thing?’ No, there is no money. It is unfortunate that a society grows up under those conditions.”Venezuelans typically vote at public schools, but the independent commission that oversaw the primary opted to use homes, churches, private schools and other facilities after electoral authorities did not respond to requests for help in a timely manner.Jesús María Casal, head of the National Primary Commission, blamed the hours-long delay in issuing election results on internet restrictions. “Once we began the process of counting the results ... we detected that our server that functioned as a transmission channel was blocked, which prevents us from completing this process as scheduled,” he said.The London-based internet monitoring firm NetBlocks tweeted metrics showing “a disruption to internet connectivity in #Venezuela with high impact to Caracas." It added that a state-owned internet service provider claimed “an issue with its energy backup system.”David Smilde, an expert on Venezuelan politics at Tulane University, said the primary was a “significant achievement” for several reasons, including forcing political leaders and parties within the opposition “to reach out and speak to the people.”“And it has generated considerable enthusiasm and mobilization in a population that has been skeptical of the opposition leadership of late,” he said.Machado, a proponent of free-market economic policies, is a longtime critic of the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela. She maintained a somewhat low profile for years but dominated the primary campaign by connecting with the same voters she consistently urged to boycott previous elections.The presidential election is expected to be scheduled for the second half of 2024. Maduro is looking to extend his presidency until 2030, which would surpass the time that Hugo Chávez, his mentor, governed and established his self-described socialist policies.Maduro’s allies ridiculed and dismissed the primary all year. Still, both the government and its opponents used the contest as a bargaining chip to extract concessions from each other as part of a negotiation process meant to end the country’s complex social, economic and political crisis. Maduro and an opposition faction backed by the U.S. government last week agreed to work together on basic conditions for the presidential contest. That prompted the government to release six political prisoners and the Biden administration to lift key economic sanctions. As part of the agreement, Maduro’s administration and the opposition are supposed to “recognize and respect the right of each political actor to select” a presidential candidate freely.If organizers declare Machado the primary's winner, the focus will shift to Maduro to see if the government reverses its ban on her seeking public office. In June, the government issued an administrative decision prohibiting Machado from running, alleging fraud and tax violations and accusing her of seeking the economic sanctions the U.S. imposed on Venezuela in the last decade. The U.S., holding up the threat of renewed sanctions, has given Venezuela until the end of November to establish a process for reinstating all candidates expeditiously.A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights abuses in Venezuela said last month that Maduro’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms ahead of the 2024 election. That includes subjecting some politicians and other opponents to detention, surveillance, threats, defamatory campaigns and arbitrary criminal proceedings.All registered voters in Venezuela were allowed to participate in the primary, as well as tens of thousands living in several other countries.“This is unprecedented,” said a smiling María de los Ángeles León, 31, the coordinator of Mexico City’s voting site. “People know that we have no guarantees that the winner of this election will be able to advance to the presidential election, but we keep trying.”___Associated Press writer María Verza in Mexico City contributed to this report.。消息一：范乔丹迎复出利好，火箭后场终于完整 NBA官网在最新西南赛区前瞻中指出，范乔丹预计将在缺席整个上赛季后回归，他的复出将成为火箭新赛季的重要补强，同时有望重新承担主要组织任务。火箭上赛季拿到52胜，却止步季后赛首轮，新赛季随着范乔丹回归，加上斯玛特、博格丹加入，后场配置明显升级。对于火箭来说，范乔丹最大的作用并不是得多少分，而是稳定半场进攻，上赛季球队缺少真正控卫，阿门承担了大量持球任务，如今范乔丹回归后，阿门可以重新把更多精力放在防守、转换和篮板上，这反而有利于发挥他的优势。NBA官网也认为，火箭上赛季首轮出局低于预期，新赛季补强后理应把目标放得更高。消息二：谢泼德交易讨论升温，后场位置越来越挤范乔丹回归对于火箭是利好，但对于谢泼德来说，竞争压力却越来越大。

B | 目前火箭后场拥有范乔丹、阿门、谢泼德、斯玛特、博格丹以及新秀布鲁斯-桑顿，NBA官网也直接指出，随着后场深度增加，谢泼德仍需要继续竞争自己的出场时间。更值得关注的是，火箭今年夏天对于交易的态度明显更加开放，此前美媒SI消息称，阿门是阵容中唯一接近“非卖品”的球员，其他核心并没有被主动兜售，但如果出现合适报价，管理层愿意听取方案。谢泼德上赛季场均已经能够贡献13.5分，三分命中率接近四成，又只有22岁，这让他拥有不错的交易价值。不过火箭现在真正需要考虑的，还是争冠窗口与培养年轻人之间如何取舍，除非能够换回明显升级的即战力，否则轻易送走谢泼德并不划算。消息三：再签23岁后卫，火箭19人名单成型火箭还补上了最后一个双向合同名额，与23岁后卫肖恩-佩杜拉达成双向合同。佩杜拉上赛季效力发展联盟期间表现亮眼，场均能够得到20.3分4.5助，并拿到发展联盟最佳新秀，随着他加入，火箭三个双向名额全部确定，另外两人分别是夸迪尔-科普兰和特里斯滕-牛顿。目前火箭休赛期名单达到19人，其中包括12份全额保障标准合同、2份部分或非保障合同、2份Exhibit 10合同以及3份双向合同，距离休赛期21人上限还有两个位置。不过佩杜拉想直接获得NBA轮换机会并不容易，火箭现在最不缺的就是后卫，他更多还是球队继续储备年轻持球手的一次低成本尝试。

C | 消息四：克莱离开独行侠，火箭迎西南赛区利好最后一条消息来自西南赛区竞争对手独行侠。克莱与独行侠完成买断后预计加盟热火，SI火箭频道直接将这次离队形容为火箭的利好,过去两个赛季，克莱为独行侠场均得到12.9分，三分命中率38.7%，虽然36岁的他早已不是巅峰状态，但依旧是可靠的外线火力点。上赛季独行侠面对火箭打出2胜2负，如今克莱离开后，球队外线深度再次下降，而且欧文还存在伤病恢复问题,对于新赛季继续冲击西部前列的火箭来说，西南赛区少一个稳定射手型老将，自然算得上一条间接利好。