Venezuela goes to the polls as opposition denounces fraud
Vote likely to return congress to Maduro’s allies despite economy in ruins and US sanctions

Vote likely to return congress to Maduro’s allies despite economy in ruins and US sanctions
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó was met with protests at the airport after returning to Venezuela from an international support-building tour.
Talks between representatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and self-proclaimed interim leader Juan Guaido are under way in Oslo under Norwegian auspices, sources close to the process told AFP on Tuesday.
Venezuelan intelligence agents detained opposition leader Juan Guaido’s congressional deputy on Wednesday, using a tow truck to drag his vehicle away with him inside, prompting the U.S. government to warn of “consequences” if he was not released.
Spain has said it will not allow Venezuelan authorities to enter its embassy in Caracas and arrest a leading opposition figure, Leopoldo López.
Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the “largest march” in the country’s history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
Mike Pompeo says Washington had indications that Maduro was ready to leave Venezuela, but Russia convinced him to stay.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had begun the "final phase" of his plan to oust president Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him to end Maduro's "usurpation".