Maria Corina Machado at news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, last month. Photo: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg NewsVenezuela’s highest court suspended the outcome of a primary that the opposition held to choose a presidential candidate, casting doubts over a deal that President Nicolás Maduro had reached with the Biden administration to pave the way for free and fair elections. The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday came after a series of public comments by Maduro and other high-ranking regime officials in recent days deeming the opposition’s Oct. 22 primary a fraud, though no evidence for the assertion was offered.

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Persons: Maria Corina Machado, Carlos Becerra, Nicolás Maduro, Biden, Maduro Organizations: Bloomberg Locations: Caracas, Venezuela