Venezuela’s elections are missing an important voice: Women

Despite efforts in recent years to set quotas, parties in Venezuela have long failed to promote women to top leadership positions. This defeat carries special weight this year, as the economic crisis and coronavirus pandemic in the broken socialist state continue to place the heaviest burdens on women. The elections follow Venezuela’s own #MeToo movement over the past year, as sexual harassment allegations were made against prominent men in the past year. Music, sports, media and politics.