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Nicolas Maduro vows constituent assembly referendum
President’s pledge follows criticism from within government that move to create constituent assembly was not democratic.
- Al Jazeera and news agencies
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has pledged to hold a referendum on a new constitution he is proposing, in response to two months of violent anti…
The move on Thursday came after the plan to create a new grassroots super-body. known as a constituent assembly, to rewrite the…