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Newshour: Venezuela: European Ultimatum for Maduro Looms

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Venezuela: European Ultimatum for Maduro Looms

03/02/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Venezuela: European Ultimatum for Maduro Looms

An ultimatum for Venezuela's President Maduro to call fresh elections is set to expire

An ultimatum for Venezuela's President Maduro to call fresh elections is set to expire.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro faces pressure to call new elections. A number of EU countries have said they will recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president if Mr Maduro fails to announce a second vote before the eight-day ultimatum expires. And, as the US says they are stepping up preparations to send humanitarian aid to Venezuela, we speak to a doctor in Caracas about how desperately aid is needed. 

Also on the programme: Pope Francis calls for peace in Yemen, as he makes the first ever Papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula.

Image: Nicholas Maduro. Credit: should read Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images.

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