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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has rejected a proposal by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a new election following the recent presidential vote which was overshadowed by allegations of fraud. Machado told media representatives: “Proposing a new election is a lack of respect for the Venezuelan people. “If Maduro doesn’t like the second election, do we then move to a third election?” she said, referring to the authoritarian Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Machado’s comments came shortly after Lula said on Thursday that his counterpart could call for a ne…