Uruguay's Parliament passed Tuesday a unilateral declaration from the ruling Multicolor coalition stating that no one can deny there is a dictatorship in Venezuela. The opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) of President-elect Yamandú Orsi, who is to take office on March 1, submitted a text of its own excluding the word dictatorship and hence no consensus. However, the FA reckoned that the Venezuelan government has deepened its distancing from the institutional framework and that the absence of audits in the electoral process erodes the legitimacy of the result and questions any democratic transition.
Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Argentina's presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández met Thursday evening in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to discuss Latin American region and possible future joint actions.