The Carter Center will send a mission to Venezuela to oversee its upcoming presidential elections on July 28, Bloomberg reported. The Atlanta-based organization announced on Wednesday that it had accepted an invitation extended by the government-friendly electoral body in March.
The news are significant as international oversight will play a key role in the election's perceived legitimacy. Dozens of countries refused to recognize the last presidential elections, arguing that the process where Nicolás Maduro claimed the victory were ridden with inconsistencies and unclean.
