 The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and candidate Freddy Sopalano have been urgent supporters to unify as a dispute with the government over recent humanitarian elections in Barina state intensifies. Local and regional elections were held across Venezuela on November 21, resulting in a sweeping victory for the ruling socialist party. On Monday, the Supreme Court disqualified opposition candidate Freddy Sopalano from the vote in Barina's site in pending administrative investigations against him. A rerun has been ordered for January.