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Venezuela withdraws invitation for EU to observe coming presidential election
National Electoral Council President Elvis Amoroso receives Jennie K. Lincoln, the Carter Center's principal advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Caracas, Venezuela, April 16, 2024
VENEZUELA’S electoral authorities on Tuesday revoked an invitation for a European Union mission to observe the country’s coming presidential election, in which President Nicolas Maduro is seeking re-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.
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