The ruling also establishes that any person, public or private, “who lends or transfers space” for the installation of a Parallel or virtual Parliament “Will be considered in disrespect, and any act exercised as such is void ”. This prevents Guaidó and the members of its board of directors from continuing with the celebration of parliamentary sessions in diverse and improvised places as the entrance to the AN headquarters, which is occupied by his rival, Parra, is vetoed. Full Text -> Explica

Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 26, approved opposition member Luis Parra as parliament speaker after a tense, months-long stand-off with opposition leader Juan Guaido, who also claims the role. The court, made up of loyalists to President Nicolas Maduro, declared Parra’s claim “valid,” it said in a statement. Guaido has dismissed Parra as “an accomplice to dictatorship.” Full Text-> Rappler

Early last year, Bulgarian officials discovered almost $70 million had been transferred from Venezuela to a bank in their capital, Sofia. By Tim Padgett. Full text -> WLRN