CARACAS—The United States, the European Union, and more than a dozen Latin American countries said on Dec. 7 that they wouldn’t recognize the results of a parliamentary election in Venezuela, which saw allies of President Nicolas Maduro win a majority.
Just 31 percent of 20 million eligible voters participated in the Dec. 6 election, the electoral council said early on Dec. 7, less than half the turnout rate in the previous congressional elections in 2015. The opposition had boycotted the vote, calling it a farce meant to consolidate a dictatorship.
