A man stands at a voting booth at a polling station during parliamentary election in Caracas, Venezuela, December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
CARACAS (Reuters) - Lines were short at polling places across Venezuela during parliamentary elections held on Sunday, where opposition leaders called on a populace frustrated by years of economic crisis to boycott a vote they deemed a fraud by President Nicolas Maduro.
The vote is almost certain to return congress - the last state institution not in the hands of the ruling Socialist Party - to Maduro's allies despite an economy in ruins, aggressive U.S. sanctions that stifle the OPEC nation's oil exports, and the migration of some 5 million citizens.
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