Venezuela’s Maduro Takes Over Rival Political Parties

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday stripped the license of a single of the country’s largest political parties and handed manage to a pro-government ally, the newest in a string of actions to even more weaken the opposition.

The shift from the celebration, Very first Justice, arrived days right after Mr. Maduro’s routine took absent manage of Democratic Action, a single of South America’s oldest and largest political parties, and named a new electoral board stacked with government allies. The board is supposed to oversee parliamentary elections…