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Venezuelan opposition-led National Assembly ratifies Juan Guaido as president in charge of the country until "the usurpation by President Nicolás Maduro ceases." IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader and National Assembly president Juan Guaido talks to media before making his way into the parliament building in Caracas, on the same that he has called for mass protests against President Nicolas Maduro. IMAGES
Cuba's National Assembly votes for the island's president for the next five years. Incumbent Miguel Diaz-Canel is set to clinch a second term via the parliamentary vote as the sole candidate in a country where political opposition is illegal. IMAGES
France goes to the polls on Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with a resurgent and newly unified left seeking to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. Elections for the 577 seats in the lower house National Assembly are a two-round process. The shape of the new parliament will become clear only after the second round, a week later, on June 19. IMAGES of France's National Assembly exterior
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday offered his congratulations for holding 'free and fair elections.' However, he didn't offer them towards his own country. Nor has he recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the winner. Instead, Business Insider reports Pompeo congratulated Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on his reelection in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Pompeo on Friday left Washington for a 10-day trip to seven countries with leaders that have congratulated Biden on his 2020 victory. Countries across the globe have congratulated Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. But St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not.