Venezuelans Go to Polls For Controversial Parliamentary Elections

CARACAS, VENEZUELA - DECEMBER 06: Members of the Bolivarian Militia close the streets in front of a school as a security measure during the electoral votes of 277 new parliamentarians to the National Assembly on December 6, 2020 in Caracas, Venezuela. The ruling party of Nicolás Maduro seeks to regain the majority in the National Assembly that it lost in 2015. Main opposition personalities agreed on not to participate in this election reporting fraud and some international bodies refused to send observers. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó and other lawmakers are calling for a week-long referendum to invalidate polls.(Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Getty Images)