1. Venezuela's electoral commission, CNE, said yesterday the voting system is "fully secure" based on the final audit before this Sunday's presidential elections, and dismissed criticisms of bias as coming from just "one small group."
The Venezuelan opposition has said it's worried that electoral authorities will try to manipulate the result.
Most of the commissioners are allied with President Nicolás Maduro, who is badly trailing in polls to opposition candidate Edmundo González.
2. Indigenous activist groups in Honduras led a protest yesterday against the planned construction of a jail on an island that's a national park.
The groups argue construction would cause environmental damage.
The government of President Xiomara Castro wants to put a prison there to isolate the most violent convicted offenders.
