Venezuelan Coalition Opposed to Maduro Rejects December Vote

Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido delivers a press conference at the headquarters of the Accion Democratica (Democratic Action) party in Caracas on June 17, 2020. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images

CARACAS, Venezuela—A coalition of political parties in Venezuela led by interim president Juan Guaidó said on Aug. 2 that it won’t participate in congressional elections called by officials loyal to regime leader Nicolás Maduro.

A group of 27 opposition parties rejected the Dec. 6 election as “fraud.”