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Venezuela: EU electoral observer invitation withdrawal worries Italy
Italy has tweeted "concern" at Venezuela's withdrawal of an invitation to the European Union to monitor the presidential election in July, in which leftist Nicolas Maduro will seek a third term, with his main rival, Marina Machado, disqualified from running.