1. The UN partly restarted operations at its human rights office in Venezuela yesterday after it had been forced to shut in February by the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Volker Turk, the UN's human rights commissioner, did not give details of the agreement that permitted the office to reopen, simply telling reporters it hopes to recommence prison visits and other activities soon.
2. Bolivia isholding elections this Sunday for the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court.
The South American nation was the first to implement elections for these top-level federal justices with two previous votes, in 2011 and 2017.
Observers say the elections undermine judicial independence.
