Venezuela must replace its election system ‘quickly’: Rubio

Anadolu Agency27 October 2026, 00:36 UTCVenezuela

'Not in 10 years, not in five years, not in two years; it needs to happen quickly under the timelines that we’ve established,' says US secretary of state

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