Authorities began signing up candidates to work on reforming the constitution. Opponents claim the President aims to keep himself in power by stacking the planned "constituent assembly" with his allies.
Venezuelan authorities on Wednesday began signing up candidates for a planned constitutional reform body, a move that has inflamed deadly unrest stemming from anti-government protests. Opponents of socialist President Nicolas Maduro say he aims to keep himself in power by stacking the planned "constituent assembly" with his allies.
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