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Legislative election leaves Venezuela in political standoff

by Scott Smith
| December 10, 2020 11:06 AM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro has cemented formal control over all major institutions of power in Venezuela with authorities reporting Monday that his political alliance easily won a majority in congress. Yet he remains a pariah to much of the world following an election critics called deeply undemocratic.

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