1. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro yesterday filed a motion before the Supreme Court that asks it to investigate acts of "destabilization" against the electoral process.
The move is likely an attempt to give a greater institutionalstrengthto his claims of victory in Sunday's contested elections, observers say. The court is led by Maduro allies.
Maduro said after filing the document, which has not been made public, that he did it to show he's a "man who follows the Constitution."
2. An emergency resolution by theOrganization of American States asking for Venezuela to make public all voting tallies from Sunday did not get enough votes yesterday after Colombia and Brazil abstained.
Before the meeting, OAS leadership had said Maduro must open up his regime's vote count for scrutiny or redo the presidential elections given the widespread allegations of mass fraud.
Opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had a massive lead in all polls, yet the electoral body allied with Maduro says that Maduro won by about 8 percentage points.
3. At least 13 people have died so far in the Venezuelan protests against Maduro, according to the latest tally by Foro Penal, a human rights group.
Foro Penal says hundreds of people have been arbitrarily detained.
The UN has in the past found the Venezuelan regime regularly commits human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions and torture.
