
Venezuela gets unanimous endorsement from Latin America and the Caribbean to represent the region on the United Nations Security Council
The US thwarted Venezuela’s last campaign in 2006 but hasn’t opposed this yet.
Venezuela must muster a two-thirds majority in a secret ballot of 193 member nations at the U.N. General Assembly next month.
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