
The head of the Organization of American States called on members Tuesday to suspend crisis-hit Venezuela’s membership unless the leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro quickly holds credible elections. OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro called on Venezuela “as soon as possible” to hold “free, just and transparent” elections that can ...

Venezuela on Friday angrily rejected its suspension from the South American economic bloc Mercosur, saying it did not recognize the action taken by the group’s four other member states. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay had informed the leftist government in Caracas that it was being suspended for failing to meet ...