Links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, and to commentary from MintPress News via Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Colombian President Petro calls on Venezuela’s Maduro to release detailed vote counts from election, by Regina Garcia Cano | AP  CARACAS — Colombian President Gustavo Petro today called on his close ally, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to release detailed vote counts of the weekend election in which electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner. READ MORE . . .

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Venezuelan opposition looks for narrowing paths to power, by Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas | Reuters  CARACAS — Venezuela’s opposition, which says that it — and not President Nicolas Maduro — won Sunday’s presidential election, is scrambling for ways to find a path to power despite significant obstacles. Opposition leaders say . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 30  As U.S. leaders call fraud, U.S. observers endorse results, by Alan MacLeod | MintPress News / Consortium News  Much to the chagrin of the U.S. government, Venezuelan socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro won a third successive term in office on Sunday, convincingly beating his U.S.-backed opponents, Edmundo Gonzalez and Maria Corina Machado, by seven points. READ MORE . . .