The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 29, 2019 Venezuela: Gov't Bans Opposition Head Guaidó from Running for Office -------------------------------------------------------------------- In Venezuela, the government of President Nicolás Maduro has banned opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó from running for public office for 15 years. Government officials cited irregularities in Guaidó's financial disclosures. The opposition leader dismissed the charge and called on his supporters to keep taking to the streets. .