Venezuela president´s threat to ban opposition draws rebuff
(World News USA)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Opposition parties in Venezuela won’t be bullied out of participating in future elections, a leading anti-government politician said Monday, rejecting threats a day earlier by socialist President Nicolas Maduro. As the ruling socialists captured a majority of mayoral seats across Venezuela on Sunday, Maduro said that opposition parties would be banned from future elections as punishment for boycotting the races. But Juan Mejia, a leader of opposition party Voluntad Popular, called the vote an “electoral farce,� saying that his party would not be eliminated by a presidential decree. “This party does not kneel,� he said. “This party...