Peru's Foreign Minister Cayetana Aljovin (C) speaks next to Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (L), and Colombia's Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin (R) during a news conference after a meeting to discuss elections in Venezuela, in Lima, Peru February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo
LIMA (Reuters) - The "Lima Group" of Latin American nations plus Canada on Tuesday criticised the Venezuelan government's decision to hold a presidential election on April 22 without reaching an agreement with an opposition coalition.
Venezuela's socialist government set the date on Feb. 7, setting the stage for the likely re-election of President Nicolas Maduro despite his widespread unpopularity and a crushing economic crisis.
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