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Venezuelan legislative super-body holds 1st session amid condemnations, protests
Aug 04, 2017 23:45Venezuela's all-powerful Constituent Assembly, packed with allies of beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro, has held its first session less than a week after a disputed vote, in defiance of widespread condemnation from home and abroad over allegations that the super-body could undermine democratic freedoms.
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Maduro dismisses vote rigging charge, delays launch of new Assembly
Aug 03, 2017 03:50Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected an allegation that the recent vote on the powerful National Assembly was rigged, calling the claim a “reaction by the international enemy.”
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Venezuelans vote for constitutional super-body, opposition boycotts election
Jul 30, 2017 10:08People in Venezuela are casting their ballot in a controversial election to elect a 545-seat Constituent Assembly, which will be capable of rewriting the country’s constitution and dissolving the current opposition-led legislature, as the South American nation has been the scene of months of anti-government protests, often with violent clashes with police, over a persistent economic crisis.
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Venezuela bans protests, opposition remains defiant ahead of vote
Jul 28, 2017 09:42Venezuela’s government has banned street protests as the opposition has called for massive rallies ahead of a vote this weekend to elect a congress to rewrite the constitution.
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Maduro censures new US sanctions on Venezuela as ‘illegal’
Jul 27, 2017 03:48Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has denounced as “illegal” the new economic sanctions leveled by the United States against Venezuelan officials over a controversial government plan for rewriting the constitution.
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Two-day strike called by opposition due to start shortly in Venezuela
Jul 26, 2017 08:27A two-day strike is due to begin shortly in Venezuela in an attempt by the opposition to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to abandon an upcoming vote for a super-congress with powers to rewrite the constitution.
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Maduro accuses CIA of plotting with neighbors against Venezuela
Jul 25, 2017 07:34The Venezuelan president says Mexico and Colombia are working hand in glove with the US spy agency CIA in an American “plot” to overthrow the legitimate government in Caracas.
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Maduro vows to go ahead with referendum despite ‘imperial’ threats
Jul 24, 2017 09:50Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to go ahead with a vote next week to elect a new national assembly, which would have the power to re-write the constitution, despite opposition pressure and a threat by the US to slap more sanctions on the country.
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US considers financial sanctions against Venezuela's oil revenue
Jul 22, 2017 04:29The United States is considering financial sanctions against Venezuela to restrict the OPEC nation's oil exports, according to a new report.
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Venezuela replaces Iran as India’s key oil supplier
Jul 21, 2017 12:40The latest shipping figures show India’s purchases of crude oil from Iran in June dropped drastically but instead increased significantly from Venezuela as well as Iraq and Egypt.