Venezuela´s Maduro threatens to ban rivals from future elections
(The Guardian World News)

President delivers threat after three of four main opposition parties refuse to take part in Sunday´s mayoral pollsPresident Nicolás Maduro has threatened to disqualify major opposition parties from future elections in Venezuela after boycott-affected mayoral polls left him more dominant than at any time since he took power in 2013.The ruling socialists won 300 of the 335 mayoral offices on Sunday as three of the four main opposition groups refused to participate, claiming the voting was rigged by a `dictator`. Continue reading...