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FILE - This Dec. 16, 2012 file photo shows a general view of Kuwait's National Assembly. Kuwait, one of the world’s wealthiest countries, is facing a debt crisis. The pandemic has sent the price of oil crashing to all-time lows and pushed Kuwait toward a reckoning with its longtime largesse for its citizens just as a parliamentary election looms in December 2020. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari, File)

Kuwait votes for parliament amid economic, virus challenges

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters during a closing campaign rally for the upcoming National Assembly elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Venezuelans will vote for a new National Assembly this Sunday, Dec 6. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Maduro seeks to tighten his grip via election

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Pakistan hopes new laws will lead to removal from watch list

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

A worker from the Transportation Ministry explains proper mask usage to non-compliant pedestrians on a corner of downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2020, amid efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela calls congressional elections amid political fight

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2015 file photo, Suriname President Desire &quot;Desi&quot; Delano Bouterse observes a military parade, after being sworn in for his second term, in Paramaribo, Suriname. The president stands a fair chance of holding onto power as the small South American nation elects a new National Assembly on Monday, May 25, 2020, a body that will choose the next president in August. (AP Photo/Ertugrul Kilic, File)

Ex-strongman Bouterse seeks another term in Suriname

By HARMEN BOERBOOM - Associated Press

Journalists on motorbikes follow a caravan of opposition lawmakers on their way to the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. The caravan returned to an opposition headquarter after government supporters hurl stones at the vehicles. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Government backers block Venezuela legislative meeting

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A member of the Venezuelan military sits behind images of late President Hugo Chavez, right, and independence hero Simon Bolivar during the annual address to the nation by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro inside the chamber of the Constituent Assembly on the grounds of the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

AP Explains: Fight for Venezuela’s National Assembly deepens

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2019 file photo, Venezuela's National Assembly President and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido arrives for a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela. Guaidó in a key vote on Jan. 5, 2020 will face the biggest test of his leadership since rising a year ago to challenge President Nicolás Maduro and end the nation's historic economic and humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Guaidó blocked from congress as Venezuelan conflict deepens

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves as he arrives at the National Constituent Assembly's building during the celebration rally of the 20th anniversary of the Venezuelan Constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Venezuelan politicians resort to virtual lawmaking

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A woman watches the celebration rally of the 20th anniversary of the Venezuelan Constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela charges 4 anti-Maduro lawmakers with rebellion

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Namibian President Hage Geingob, right, greets supporters at an election rally in Grootfontein, Namibia, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Namibia votes Wednesday in an election that promises to be far removed from the overwhelming victories enjoyed by former liberation movement SWAPO since independence in 1990. (AP Photo/Sonja Smith)

Namibia’s ruling party faces unexpectedly challenging vote

By SONJA SMITH and BRANDON VAN WYK - Associated Press

Sandrine Rudnicki, a 38 years old single woman smiles to her 10-month old daughter Emilia who was conceived through in-vitro fertilization, Monday Oct.14, 2019 in Saint-Pryve-Saint-Mesmin, near Orleans, France. France's lower house of parliament is set to adopt a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples access to in-vitro fertilization and related procedures. (AP Photo/Catherine Gaschka)

France OKs bill legalizing IVF for lesbians, single women

By SYLVIE CORBET and CATHERINE GASCHKA - Associated Press

Cuba’s historical generation leaves top legislative body

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

Lawmakers Tania Diaz of the Venezuelan Socialist United Party speaks during a National Assembly session in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Lawmakers with the ruling socialist party returning to the National Assembly Tuesday after years of absence as part of a widely criticized pact between President Nicolas Maduro and a handful of outlier opposition parties. Opposition leader Juan Guaido is the legislature's president and has lambasted the accord. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Socialist bloc back in Venezuela congress after boycott

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Venezuela's National Assembly President and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido speaks to the press in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. A group of minority opposition parties in Venezuela agreed Monday to enter negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro's government without the consent of the U.S.-backed opposition leader. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US, Venezuela opposition majority renew support for Guaidó

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader and interim president Juan Guaido, speaks during a press conference at his campaign office in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Since declaring Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro as illegitimate, Guaidó has been in the midst of a power struggle with Maduro. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Opposition-led congress in Venezuela returns to chambers

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Riot police run past burning dustbins set on fire by yellow vest protesters as they keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government, for the 13th straight weekend of demonstrations, in Paris, France, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

The Latest: French minister ‘disgusted’ by protester attacks

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Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro wave Venezuelan national flags during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Maduro called the rally to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late President Hugo Chavez's rise to power. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Latest: Lima Group urges Venezuela troops to let aid in

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A U.S flag flies outside the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Venezuelans headed into uncharted political waters Thursday, with the young leader of a newly united and combative opposition claiming to hold the presidency and socialist President Nicolas Maduro digging in for a fight with the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: OAS body asks that Venezuela protect Guaido

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Juan Guaido, left, takes a selfie photo with his wife Fabiana Rosales and his daughter Miranda Guaido upon arrival to swear in the new board of the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Venezuela’s Guaido leaps from back-bench to center stage

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press