More Parties Join Venezuela Ballot Boycott

Venezuela's major opposition groups edged closer Tuesday to an all-out boycott of an upcoming presidential election, warning the vote wouldn't be free or fair. In a further potential blow to the opposition, a senior official in the ruling socialist party proposed early elections for Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress as well, cutting its term short by more than a year. Opposition lawmaker Edgar Zambrano told The Associated Press that his Democratic Action party and...

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