Venezuela: Maduro proposes early National Assembly vote

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has proposed bringing forward next year’s election for the opposition-controlled National Assembly. National Assembly President Juan Guaidó dismissed the proposal as “farce”. The two men have been at loggerheads since January when Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president, arguing Mr Maduro’s re-election was fraudulent. Talks between the two sides via international […]

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has proposed bringing forward next year’s election for the opposition-controlled National Assembly.

National Assembly President Juan Guaidó dismissed the proposal as “farce”.

The two men have been at loggerheads since January when Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president, arguing Mr Maduro’s re-election was fraudulent.

Talks between the two sides via international mediators are under way in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.

President Maduro made the proposal while addressing supporters on the anniversary of his re-election in 2018.

“We are going to measure ourselves electorally, we are going to bring forward elections to the National Assembly,” he said without giving a date.