Politics
The president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, welcomed on Thursday 134 foreign observers that arrived in the South American country to monitor next November 23rd election of governors and mayors.

Lucena said at a press conference in Caracas that the presence of international observers from America, Europe, Africa and Asia, will help "show before the world (...) the reality of the Venezuelan electoral process," EFE reported.

Representatives of international electoral organizations of the United States and Canada, as well as members of the Latin American Economic System (SELA), the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the Organization of American States (OAS) will be among the international observers invited to participate, the CNE said.

The OAS confirmed on Thursday in a statement that two top officials of the OAS, on behalf of Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza, will participate as guests in the activities planned by the Venezuelan electoral institution.