Venezuela Isolation Grows as Europe Condemns ‘Brutal Repression’
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Venezuela’s isolation grew Thursday as the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the “brutal repression” of protesters by state security forces, saying more than 20 people had been killed in demonstrations over the past month.
“Venezuela’s government must ensure the full restoration of the democratic order and immediately release all political prisoners,” the Parliament said in a statement posted on its website. Lawmakers called on the government to establish an electoral calendar that would allow “free and transparent electoral processes and to stop side-lining opposition leaders by depriving them of their political rights.”