As the Venezuela's presidential elections near, the Maduro regime has been ramping up censorship of media outlets and its overall persecution of opposition leaders. Among a string of arbitrary decisions, another practice has become common ground during the last few days: the ban and deportation of international observers.
Several delegations of Spanish and Latin American parliamentarians, as well as a group of former presidents invited by the Venezuelan opposition, have been denied entry into Venezuela by the Maduro government.
