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Interim Leader of Venezuela Promises Elections and ‘Orderly Legal Transition’

Delcy Rodríguez did not set a timeline for a vote in a speech at the United Nations.

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Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s interim president, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
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It’s Not the Oscars: U.N. Speakers Love to Ignore Its 15-Minute Rule

The chronic flouting of the time limit for speeches highlights a fundamental feature of the United Nations: It is made up of sovereign states that it cannot force to do anything.

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Fidel Castro holds the General Assembly record for his four-and-a-half-hour address in 1960.
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