Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said it would be 'impossible' to delay parliamentary elections planned for Dec. 6, after the European Union suggested pushing back the vote to meet conditions for the bloc to send an observer mission.
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an event with the youth of Venezuela's United Socialist Party in Caracas, Venezuela, June 22, 2020. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS
The EU last week said there was not enough time left for it to send observers, at Venezuela’s invitation. Maduro is eager to win international recognition for the poll, which the domestic opposition and the United States have said will likely be rigged in favor of the ruling socialist party. Relations between Caracas and Washington have deteriorated in recent years. The U.S. government has sanctioned Venezuela’s state oil company to pressure Maduro - who it said is a dictator usurping power that rigged his 2018 re-election - to resign.
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