Examination of presidential candidacies now open in Venezuela. The electoral council will decide who will be admitted, while criticism of the opposition's exclusion grows.
Former Uruguayan president José 'Pepe' Mujica said Venezuela is governed by "a stubborn regime that has put a blindfold on", which perceives itself as "a besieged citadel, where any dissident is a traitor" The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said this yesterday in a press conference with the Brazilian head of state, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.