issue here with the venezuelan attorney eva golinger no less and we asked whether or not u.s. sanctions had the intended outcome. usually any type of foreign aggression against a country tends to unify its citizens against that foreign aggressor so in this case that's what we're seeing in venice well that is as the united states has intensified sanctions and sort of a hostile discourse against venezuela the venezuelan government but also now the latest sanctions imposed by the trump government affect directly the venezuelan people so in that sense i think that there's been sort of a rallying behind the government in the defense of the sovereignty of venezuela it's not necessarily in the defense of president maduro but since he is the maximum representative of the country then of course it's to back him in the face of you know off foreign threat the u.s. is not succeeding in that sense of isolating venezuela internationally it may have isolated venezuela within the western world but it's not isolated either within latin america where venezuela still shares you know commercial r

banks from buying venezuelan bonds. analysts here say the government has a lot to worry about. the money of citgo the venezuelan subsidiary oil company in the us cannot be repatriated for me this is one of the most serious sanctions because the government the short of cash. the government has been denouncing the us attempts to put an end to his socialist revolution and in spite of the consequences . remain defiant to the us the latest threat to our. it is. three days of national mourning has begun and portugal after forty one people died in wildfires emergency teams fighting us fires were held by rain in the lower temperatures on tuesday. britain's most prestigious literary award has been won by an american writer george saunders for save the man booker prize for fiction for his a novel lincoln bardot the second u.s. author to receive the prize catherine stansell reports from london. lincoln. it was a book on the afterlife such in a washington graveyard during the american civil war that was bestowed with britain's top literary honor lincoln in the bardo sees u.s. president abr

the money of citgo the venezuelan subsidiary oil company in the u.s. cannot be repatriated for me this is one of the most serious sanctions because the government the short of cash. the government has been denouncing the u.s. attempts to put an end to. this revolution and in spite of the consequences many remain defiant to the u.s. latest threats. it is how. rescue operations continue and somalia's capital for the still missing after the worst bomb attack in that country's history more than three hundred people were killed in saturday's attack values president has told al jazeera that his country cannot fight on its own and has appealed for international help mohammed reports. a huge crater at the point where the explosion happened rubble from collapsed buildings. the shows so vehicles skated around the blast radius. these images should be familiar to the people of somalia in conflict since the one nine hundred ninety s. yet saturday's attack one of the most lethal anywhere in the world for years has meant. the way we have never seen anything like this

he spoke to venezuelans after the victory, and he said it proved that the democracy still worked.sult that government supporters in this poor part of caracas have hoped for on sunday. translation: this poor part of caracas have hoped for on sunday. translationzli this poor part of caracas have hoped for on sunday. translation: i will support this government onjuly died, long live the revolution. —— until i die. died, long live the revolution. —— untili die. with died, long live the revolution. —— until i die. with an approval rating of less tha n until i die. with an approval rating of less than 25%, the opposition had hoped to capitalise on this and win more states. it wasn't an election free of confusion either, the government moved this voting centre in an opposition led neighbourhood at the last minute because of security concerns. the opposition put on buses to take people to the other side of town and cast their ballot. the distrust and frustration with the government is widespread here, some people take it to the extreme, though. i think foreign intervention has to come. mi

well joining me now is boris johnson's venezuelan counterpart or head. thanks so much for coming to our media hub more on media and how it manipulates opinion in a second why you in london we have to say the truth about venice right and have to spread the truth of our democracy of our own model of democracy socialist democracy so we came to london to speak to the foreign office but to speak much more important for us to the to our friends to the trade union and to the grassroots movement it will be let's go to those moments in a second what about to raise amaze government because normally the not that as well as used as the butt of jokes by either to raise a may or for it's likely boris johnson or any number of british cabinet ministers have just told. him that we need some respect venezuela cannot be used as an internal issue in the internal political affairs of the u.k. now you cannot attack whomever using our country you have to respect our country we are suffering country and it's not fair and it's not polite even in diplomatic relations to do so so

the money of citgo the venezuelan subsidiary oil company in the u.s. cannot be repatriated for me this is one of the most serious sanctions because the government are short of cash. the government has been denouncing the u.s. attempts to put an end to his socialist revolution and in spite of the consequences many remain defiant to the u.s. latest threats to our what it is how. negotiations to update the north american free trade agreement on nafta now will not end in december as that implies and trade when this is from the us canada and mexico said on tuesday that they'll continue through to the first quarter of twenty eighteen castro reports from washington. the us delivered a strong rebuke of its north american trade partners and vice versa to conclude this fourth round of nafta talks citing the policy objectives of u.s. president donald trump to protect american manufacturing and to lower the trade deficit a top u.s. trade representative here said there was frustration at the unwillingness of mexico and canada to compromise we have seen no indicatio

venezuelans go to the polls on sunday in regional elections which are being seen as a key test for the country's president maduro and the opposition. months of street protests, which left more than 100 people dead, failed to unseat the president. he's been accused of attacking democracy, and "creeping dictatorship", resulting in more american sanctions. venezuela is in the grip of an economic crisis with shortages of food and medicines and soaring inflation. katy watson reports from the state

the money of citgo the venezuelan subsidiary oil company in the u.s.cannot be repatriated for me this is one of the most serious sanctions because the government are short of cash. the government has been denouncing the u.s. attempts to put an end to a socialist revolution and in spite of the consequences many remain defiant to the u.s. latest threats. it is how. well in a few moments we'll have the weather with richard but still ahead here on the al-jazeera news of an unconventional writing style we'll tell you who's what the show has a bad booker prize plus. women and men as well are tired of being silenced accusations of sexual harassment by a hollywood producer harvey weinstein launches an internet platform like others to share their own experiences but two of the biggest stars in european football face each other in the champions league which i will be here to tell you who came out on top that's coming up in sports. by the springtime flowers of a mountain late. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. we've been looking at a really unsettled spell

and more than two hundred polling stations are moved at the last minute as venezuelans prepare to vote in long delayed regional elections. syrian forces backed by the u.s. on the verge of taking back full control of raka i still suffer crime capital local officials say the remaining eisel fighters are expected to leave the city in the coming hours taking civilians with them as human shields. the deal brokered by tribal leaders the u.s. led coalition says it's not involved in these negotiations but believes it will save lives around one hundred members of the armed group that surrendered in iraq or in the last day or so while at the height of its strength i saw the tide rocka its capital it also swept across iraq seizing control of a large swathe of the country a couple of years on its territory has been reduced to this the iraqi government has launched an offensive to drive the group from the last area it holds there while in syria as well as being on the brink of losing rocka i still has also just lost the town of mayor dean and syrian its allies are also trying to drive the group fro

wife to a very dangerous place to me and and the kind of person that i am it is unconscionable venezuelans will vote in regional elections on sunday opposition parties are protected to win most of the seats after months of violent anti-government protests the polls being seen as a test of president maduro his popularity to raise about reports from. opposition leaders in venezuela are crying foul they've just been told that more than two hundred voting stations for sunday's local elections have just been. there closing many voting centers around twelve percent of the people in this state have to vote somewhere else and they were only just notified the center was open until last night the voting machines were here. now it's closed. and believes this is part of a strategy to discourage people in the state of. what has traditionally voted for the opposition to head to the told on sunday. these elections are long overdue they should have taken place in december last year. for your position has been taken to the streets to demand elections accusing the government of dismantling venezuelan instit

the presidency of the glassman duro opposition anger at the controversial move ahead of sunday's venezuelan election plus i the stars return to a.z. is biggest film festival for a political scandal threatens its future. we begin with a world wide criticism of a decision by u.s. president donald trump to decertify a deal on iran's nuclear program trump says tehran has not lived up to the two thousand and fifteen agreement which restricts iran's nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions iran's president has a rouhani it's responded to trump speech he called it a pile of delusional allegations and the leaders of france germany and britain the warning the u.s. against undermining the accord kimberly how he reports now from washington d.c. he's often threatened to tear out the landmark deal with iran but in the end u.s. president donald trump stopped short of pulling out of the twenty fifteen agreement to limit its nuclear program for now and even though his own administration has twice certify that iran is complying with the deal he now says he won't do it again i am announcin

and more than two hundred polling stations unmoved at the last minute as venezuelans prepared to vote in long been a long delayed regional elections. hello there our tropical storm is still gaining strength in the south china sea you see quite clearly on the satellite picture this of leiria of cloud here but it's generating all this huge overflow of cloud that works its way all the way across taiwan the eastern parts of china as well taiwan is where we've seen some of the worst of the weather three hundred seventy seven millimeters of rain just did a twenty four hour period that is a phenomenal amount of wet weather clearly giving us a fair few problems there unfortunately there's more wet weather still to come because this storm is moving quite slowly looks like it won't reach china and into monday and then on tuesday or wednesday it will make its way on to the coast of viet nam and so between now and then we can expect plenty more heavy rain across this whole region just look at sunday all that rain working all the way up to shanghai once more and as we head through into monday brea

position has been taken to the streets to demand elections accusing the government of dismantling venezuelan institutions to hold on to power. government rejects the accusations it's told international observers that everything is on track for the vote. relocating voting centers it's completely constitutional nobody is breaking the law it was announced by the electoral council decided is that in the places where there were incidents in the past. and that is legal precedent has said that the governor selected on sunday will have to be sworn in and subordinate themselves to the constitutional assembly a five hundred member legislative body that was elected almost three months ago he also said that those who are face to acknowledge it could face dismissal but the opposition say that the constitutional assembly is illegal because it's election with field with a regularities. for the opposition. are a chance to win some governorships and test the ground. scheduled for next year. the government is aware the world will be watching. their using them to wash their face and. well that to venezuela whe

d a one to one official estimates more than one point two million venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. i'd return to vast. to visit friends is that i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. witness global news that matters. made for mines. when cities are engulfed by the. aldrich ames walls and costly protective measures with. nothing. what's challenging our future starting november night own. state everything is coming to wind from berlin to spanish prime minister more honorable joyce sax catalogs parliament at the bridge and the players in the tenets for boys called snap elections for catalonia and the motive comes as thousands of separatist supporters are gathering right now on the streets of barcelona.

the other one into one official estimates more than one point two million venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. already at all i'd return to vast whaler. to visit friends and i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. bearing witness global news that matters. made for mines. this is d. w. news line from palin calling us last not the election of the us to have paid off big for shinzo avick unofficial results indicate a life like victory for the japanese prime minister's ruling conservatives as follows a short time.

our south american correspondent the venezuelan industrial heartland. and a message of hope. this is the government candidate for the states. he thinks enthusiasm can solve the crisis that has brought venezuela to its knees. in this neighborhood where people are struggling to get by. less of a political rally and more a music festival. with a rockstar on a mission. >> these people need leadership. with us you have seen that. that is what we need to tell the world. >> they also need food and medicine, what can you do for that? >> we have been blocked by the u.s. and other countries. >> it is of little comfort to drive hours to fill a tank of gas in a country with the largest oil reserves in the world. to those living in the shadow of venezuela largest refinery all this is a reminder of just how far the country has fallen. >> this woman lives in a house given to her by the government she shows us the subsidized food she gets. this is for a family of three soon-to-be four. it may be all she gets in six months. >> if you don't get your government-subsidized

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well joining me now is boris johnson's venezuelan counterpart or head. thanks so much for coming to our media hub more on media and how it manipulates opinion in a second why you in london we have to say the truth.

david: i consider myself half venezuelan. i am married to a venezuelan woman.l say that a lot of it was hard to read. when the transcripts came in from the reporters on the ground, it is so raw. i will tell you that we had identified any number of people to participate in this project. and they said yes, yes, yes i will sign on, i'll do it, i'll go. at the last moment one after another backed out. i think there are a number of reasons that was happening. it became clear to me as material came in is it is just too raw, too emotional. we had any number of people broke down during the interviews. it is really hard to talk about these things, and about how you physically change. i think as we wrote in the piece, i think also when they see themselves, the new versions of themselves, it is a constant reminder of how their lives have fallen apart. julia: it's strange for us looking at those pictures, they look pretty healthy. but when you look at the before picture, the change in them. david: there is gallows humor in venezuela that calls the weight loss the maduro di

three states in a speech today president donald trump condemned the actions of the venezuelan government as well as communist cuba. we are challenging the communist dictatorship of cuba and the socialist oppression of venezuela and we will not lift the sanctions on these repressive regimes until they restore political and religious freedom for their people however according to state media thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to show their support for the bowl of area process ahead of regional elections opposition leaders are hoping for party games in the elections if they do it would be the first time since two thousand that the ruling party faces a majority of opposition governors many fear of violence and protests will return to the country after that vote although royal canadian mounted police have come under fire for racial profiling recently critics say a questionnaire that the police used to screen asylum seekers unfairly targets muslims canada's government has taken action against the interview guy but some canadians are standing behind the police screening practices are

and after months of protests and food and fuel shortages venezuelans prepare to go to the polls.e growing scandal around the hollywood producer harvey weinstein has intensified. the american actress rose mcgowan became the latest woman to make accusations of rape. she says she repeatedly told the boss of amazon studios who worked with weinstein that she'd been raped. but he'd done nothing about it. meanwhile former us presidential candidate hillary clinton told the bbc that the allegations are appalling and such behaviour shouldn't be tolerated in any walk of life. mr weinstein denies the allegations as our correspondent, nick bryant, reports. harvey weinstein‘s star has plummeted, brought down by some of the biggest names in the movie industry. actress rose mcgowan has shed she was raped by the film producer in the scandal affecting one of the world's biggest companies, amazon. in a series of tweets to the company's chief executive, she said: the amazon had a studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he propositioned her in 2015. in a sta

that narrative is now being with us so to come on al-jazeera venezuelan. president.former prime minister. hello again across australia we're still seeing some pretty heavy rain affecting parts of the east coast really from brisbane northwards all through new south wales so it's also looking fairly wet and as i move the forecast into choose to you can see the rain becoming more stubborn certainly some localized flooding is possible temperatures nothing special for sydney at twenty two but winds coming in from the east could be some big surf along the coast here. looking pretty warm meanwhile further west we've lost the showers across western australia but no particular person temperatures dropping to twenty degrees celsius how do you across into new zealand weather conditions here gerri not looking too bad through much of monday so the north on is looking draw and bright with highs of sixteen expected in auckland but as we move on into chews they will see more the way of showers pushing up across the south on and eventually wanted to those working their way further no

more than two hundred polling stations and moved at the last minute as venezuelans prepared to vote in long to next delayed regional elections. follow our top story syrian forces backed by the us are on the verge of driving i still from morocco the group self-proclaimed capital tribal leaders have been brokering a deal to allow local i so fighters to leave the city foreign fighters are not included in the evacuation the u.s. led coalition says it is not involved in these negotiations but believes it will save lives around one hundred members of the armed groups have surrendered in iraq in the last twenty four hours syrians have managed to escape a to makeshift refugee camps face shortages now of food and medicine. are reports from hatay on the border between syria and turkey. it's moment civilians have been waiting for years they are being evacuated from fighting iraq staying home wasn't safe as strikes have killed hundreds. in neighboring dales or thousands of syrians flee their homes as fighting intensifies i still fighters have regrouped in a mayor dean a city on the border with ira

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they are going to unofficial estimates more than one point two million venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. but the more i return to vance whaler. to visit friends is that i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. bearing witness global news that matters. made for mines. they make a commitment. they find solutions. they inspire. africa and the. stories about people making a difference shaping their nation. and their continent w.'s new multimedia series for africa. dot com africa on the move. but at the w. we speak your language our spanish program tonight. always will inform us of what mr mccann like to always close to the action but i'm not quite open cobol get one look like a candidate that's up to the minute news and opinions of the background to political developments. d.w. we bring you more of the oil of. germany state by state. the most colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on d. w. dot com. this is d w new

we stand the sec to argentine argentina now line says it's withdrawing services to the venezuelan capital of characters claiming concern over security as the nation plunges ever deeper into a political and economic crisis dozens of other allies have taken similar measures passenger traffic to the embattled south american country has plummeted by seventy five percent in the last four years the head of the airline trade organization says that israel is now practically disconnected from the rest of the world. now the rise wind sock aid has been brewed and drunk in japan for at least a thousand years but increasingly it is losing market share and it's homeland but at the same time stock is gaining popularity in european bonds following in the footsteps of single malt scotch whisky all the recent revival of gin. soon to be dropped as well which is expected to further push the trend. in japan saki is an old man's drink but at the interest at this tasting in paris is any indication here in europe it's a young person's game with a new generation of european drinkers on the lookout for the next bi

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and venezuelans a car in voting to elect a new governors for all twenty three states point and. life now is the capital crime has what to raise above has been monitoring all these developments and how's the voting been going so solitary. well i mean you're in an area known as i mean i don't that this is a school turned polling station and voting here has been going very very slow people have been complaining outside that they have to wait for hours to be able to go inside here and cast their ballot recently the situation has gotten a bit better and this is an example of what the opposition has been complaining about the relocation of voting center there's to polling centers that are working in one theme place and that's the reason why people have to wait for such a long period of time outside this is an area that traditionally the opposition has won and the opposition have been trying to but in spite of all the trouble to ask people to go out and vote this is the opportunity the opposition have to show that there's a trend is not wholly on the three with protest but also in the

no would anticipate venezuelan default.ation gets so dire that they cannot make the payments, we would anticipate they come out and say listen, the imperialist regime of donald trump has made it impossible for us to pay our bonds and we are defaulting across the board are not paying for now. that would be a situation that's not what we are seeing but potentially might happen down the road. david: thank you very much. julie: we want to check the rally one more time. big one in u.s. equities particularly in the nasdaq. it's at the height of the session, up 2.2%. the level we are seeing for the nasdaq is the highest ever and the biggest one-day gain since november 7, 20 16. the earnings news is helping amazon, microsoft all rising. david: coming up, a statement at 815 p.m. about the referendum. catalonia was voting in favor of independence. you can catch all of our interviews on bloomberg. this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commer

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venezuelan president nicolas maduro has hailed the results of regional elections his ruling party won nearly all twenty three contested state governorships the opposition leaders have said that they suspect election fraud independent polls have projected the opposition would win a majority due to my daughter's poor handling of venezuela's economic crisis. the death toll from the huge truck bomb explosion in the somali capital mogadishu has risen to over three hundred the bombing took place in a busy commercial district on saturday it is the deadliest single attack in the country's history the government has declared three days of national mourning. the crowd marched and chanted against the islamist militant group al-shabaab the group has staged similar attacks before but has not claimed responsibility for this one the death toll is rising quickly it stands at more than three hundred with hundreds more wounded. so. it was a massacre what happened on saturday. i have also such a thing in the last twenty seven years. i witnessed a little boy's head laying on the ground. and his mother an

islamic state they were killed in a military operation after a tip off from a rescued hostage and venezuelan president nicolas maduro has hailed the results of regional elections as ruling party won nearly all twenty three contested state governorships opposition leaders have said they suspect election fraud independent polls have projected the opposition would win a majority too timid to roast poor handling of medicine wayland's economic crisis. and portugal has been hit by a record number of forest fires burning across the country three people have been killed meanwhile in spain fire crews have been battling wildfires that killed two people in the country's north west authorities said winds from hurricane ophelia off the atlantic coast were worsening the flames. iraqi troops have begun an operation to reclaim kurdish held territories in the province of kirkuk in a statement the military said it has already taken control of an oil and gas companies south of kirkuk government forces want to retake military bases and oil fields that kurdish fighters seized three years ago in the campaign agai

isthe venezuelan president laming a new victory months after violent antigovernment protests plunge the country into chaos. according to the electoral council, they won the majority of the governorships. have 17, we governorships. we have 54% of the votes. we have 61% participation. the homeland has been strengthened. >> the opposition them at reddick union roundtable will listen has cried out. down the results before they were announced. they arevernment knows not the majority in the country knows it. we do not record guys the results -- recognize the results. of orders ofs called on the opposition to resort -- respect the outcome. hasa: the iraqi government begun a major operation for the contested city of her cook -- insisted -- consisted -- contested city. baghdad.oss to iraqi forces say they are making what progress. there was a military base there. how is the fighting shaping up? beginning last night when the attack happened, they were hoping to take these positions. theseanted to hand over places. not -- there was artillery and heavy fire. right now, they are in control of the ai

venezuelan president nicolas maduro has hailed the results of regional elections his ruling party won nearly all twenty three contested state governorships opposition leaders have said they suspect elections for all independent polls had projected the opposition would win a majority due to mature as poor handling of venezuela's economic crisis. now the government of the spanish region catalonia is less than two hours from a deadline to clarify whether it has declared independence from spain last week madrid gave catalan president collis put your money until today to explain a speech he gave to the regional assembly in that speech he said he was proceeding with independence we bought proposed suspending implementation to allow for talks with the national government while spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has rejected talks he warned that if catalonia has declared independence madrid could suspend the regional government. offer more on what secession could mean that madrid brings the reason under direct rule of course joining us from the catalan capital barcelona is of course one of

is through the bitcoinization of venezuela, get that money to the venezuelans.rivate sector can help, u.s. can help, regional governments can help >> excellent >> put the money back in their hands. >> we're just about out of time here bitcoin is an interesting conversation to have in this context. we will have you back. thank you for taking the time. david faber, back to you >> thanks, rick. >> okay, thank you, rick now over to john fortt and a quick look at what's coming up on "squawk alley." john >> david, the first chief technology officer of the united states is going to join us to talk about this increasingly complicated relationship between tech companies and the government hey, and our democracy that's coming up on "squawk alley" ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the world of business connected an

both the maryland and hawaii orders will allow a ban on some north koreans and venezuelans to go into effect. the supreme court was scheduled to hear arguments this month on an earlier version of a travel ban, but canceled the hearing after trump issued new restrictions. the white house has vowed to appeal the latest ruling. for more, we're joined by baher azmy, legal director of the center for constitutional rights. welcome back to democracy now! explain what just took place. maryland court ruling after the hawaii judge ruled. >> so this is the third iteration of muslim ban, which attempts to close the previous versions that were just very facially, honestly directed at nationality with some legal pretense. the previous version simply banned all individuals from these eight countries. this version had purportedly neutral rationale that these are countries who insufficiently -- share insufficient security information with the united states. but these two court saw through the rationale and agreed that the threat of discrimination from the first, to the second to the third is stitill i

governors will have to swear allegiance to the constituent assembly that is for us in the business the venezuelan capital caracas. while i'm here at the opposition headquarters where there is a lot of anxiety and also some happiness in a way they're saying that they're getting very good news from their bases in different states around the country full of polling stations have now closed they have the obligation to remain open until the last person in line had been able to vote and turnout was a major issue on this day especially for the opposition because there are many that are defined chanted among their supporters because they're very worried backing that up to months and months of protests they were going to be able to either push the government out or force the government to call for a general election a general presidential election that did not happen but also there were people you know people here were just denouncing the amount of irregularities that happened in this vote and we were able to see how many people have to wait for hours in line under the sun later on under the rain to be ab

based on nationality and it was to apply to libya, north korea, somalia, syria and yemen and some venezuelan -- the justice department says it will appeal the judge's ruling. >>> time is 4:16. today, lawyers for president trump will ask a judge to throw out a lawsuit. it accuses the president of violating the constitution. the issue is over the president's businesses excepting money from foreign government. a ban on foreign money is meant to address gifts. they've said the president's business arrangements is a political question and congress should address it not the courts. the judge is not expected to rule immediately. >>> attorney general jeff sessions is set to testify before the senate judiciary committee today. it's expected to be a routine oversight hearing and he'll face questions about his reversal of the obama administration protections for transgender people and criminal justice policies and they're expected to ask about the investigation into trump's campaign into russia. >>> you know sal knows everything about our commute. >> look at me on television. >> you look fabulous. >> t

venezuelans will vote in regional elections on sunday after months of violent antigovernment protests the opposition is expected to win most seats the poll is being seen as a test of president nicolas maduro popularity has to raise about. opposition leaders in venezuela are crying foul they've just been told that more than two hundred voting stations for sunday's local elections have just been. there closing many voting centers around twelve percent of the people in this state have to vote somewhere else and they were only just notified the center was open until last night the voting machines were here. now it's closed. and believes this is part of a strategy to discourage people in the state of. what has traditionally voted for the opposition to head to the told on sunday. these elections are long overdue they should have taken place in december last year. for your position has been taken to the streets to demand elections accusing the government of dismantling venezuelan institutions to hold on to power. government rejects the accusations it's told international observers that every