The Secretary General of the Organization
of American States (OAS) on Tuesday severely criticized the head of Venezuela's
electoral board in a harshly-worded letter saying authorities were failing to
ensure fair elections in December. The OAS' Luis Almagro wrote a 19-page letter
to Tibisay Lucena, who heads Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE),
urging her to level the playing field between the Socialist Party and opposition.
"There are reasons to believe that the conditions in which people will
vote ... aren't right now as transparent and just as the (electoral council)
ought to guarantee," wrote Almagro. He was responding to a letter from
Lucena which was not made public. The CNE did not respond to a request for
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