Brazil’s Lula urges Venezuela’s Maduro to respect vote results, is ‘frightened’ by talk of bloodbath

Brazil’s Lula urges Venezuela’s Maduro to respect vote results, is ‘frightened’ by talk of bloodbath

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro should respect the results of the elections scheduled for Sunday, and said he was “frightened” by Maduro’s reference to a possible post-election bloodbath. The veteran leader will send a top diplomat to neighboring Venezuela as an observer

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Estonia’s new government is formally appointed. Its first priority is to improve state finances

Estonia’s new government is formally appointed. Its first priority is to improve state finances

HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s president formally appointed the Baltic country’s new government on Monday after lawmakers gave the green light to Prime Minister-designate Kristen Michal’s three-party coalition Cabinet. Addressing the new Cabinet, which is to be sworn in Tuesday, President Alar Karis said the government’s comfortable majority in the 101-seat Riigikogu, or Parliament, brings along

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