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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Esteban ROJAS

REVEALED: Regional concern grows as venezuela blocks vote observers | Rare Historical Photos

Some 21 million Venezuelans are eligible to vote (Credit: AFP)

Panama on Friday accused Venezuela of blocking a flight carrying former Latin American presidents -- all critics of President Nicolas Maduro -- to observe elections due in two days.

In the latest blow to an already fraught election run-up, Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said a Copa Airlines plane with four ex-leaders on board was not allowed to leave Panama City "due to the blockade of Venezuelan airspace."

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