President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday cast his vote in Caracas for local elections in Venezuela for more than 2,000 councillors, using the event to accuse the US of disrupting democracy in the country.

Maduro accuses US of disrupting democracy, seeking coup in Venezuela

The head of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, made the announcement today after talks broke down between the government and opposition on setting a date for the polls

Venezuela presidential vote set for April 22

According to National Electoral Council, Maduro's opponents had cleared 200,000 valid signatures to call referendum

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Maduro govt said the opposition used names of thousands of dead people, minors and convicts in its petition

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