Nicolas Maduro
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with leaders of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago for an intense three-hour trade talk that resulted in the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between the United States and the fifteen nations that Caricom consists of.
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has officially challenged the results of the Apr. 14 presidential election, in which he narrowly lost to Nicolas Maduro, political heir to former President Hugo Chavez, the bombastic autocrat who died in office in March.
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday at a ceremony attended by leaders from Iran to Brazil after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a dispute over his election.
Seven people have been killed in violence during riots after the Venezuelan election over the weekend.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro has won the presidential election in Venezuela, by a margin of 300,000 votes -– less than 2 percent of the total. His opponent, moderate Henrique Capriles, is demanding a recount.
Venezuela holds its second presidential election in six months on Sunday, after the death of President Hugo Chavez in March.