US EditionVenezuela revokes invitation for European Union mission to observe presidential election in July
- Venezuela's electoral authorities withdrew an invitation for the EU to observe the upcoming presidential election, where Nicolás Maduro is running for reelection.
- The head of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, cited EU economic sanctions as the reason for retracting the invitation.
- Amoroso aims to protest EU sanctions against Venezuela by revoking the invite, despite the bloc targeting specific individuals, not the government as a whole.
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Venezuela said on Tuesday it had withdrawn an invitation for European Union representatives to observe the South American country's presidential election in July, accusing the bloc of “interventionist practices” in sanctions.
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Venezuela will not allow EU observers at the presidential elections in two months
Venezuela revokes invitation for EU election mission to observe presidential election
The head of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, cited economic sanctions imposed by the 27-nation bloc as the reason for withdrawing the invitation. The EU had not yet accepted the invite that was extended earlier this year.
Venezuela withdraws invitation to EU as election observers
Venezuelan authorities announced Tuesday they were withdrawing the invitation previously extended to the European Union (RU) to monitor the July 28 elections in a move that cast additional doubts over a process that has for long looked fudgy following the disenfranchisement of opposition leader María Corina Machado.
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