Venezuelan Congress Blames Maduro for Constitutional Breakdown, Crisis

The Venezuelan National Assembly on Tuesday – with a majority opposition vote and with the absence of government-supporting lawmakers – approved an accord blaming President Nicolas Maduro for rupturing the constitutional order and the ensuing political, social and economic crisis besetting the country. “It is agreed to declare the political responsibility of the president ... for the serious rupture of the constitutional and democratic order, the violation of human rights and the devastation of the nation’s economic and social bases he has brought about,” read the agreement approved by opposition lawmakers. The accord was approved after the opposition legislators articulated various arguments against Maduro, although their Chavista colleagues refused to participate in the floor debate. More…

National Assembly Accord ( spanish)