Venezuela’s opposition said Monday it would hold a symbolic
referendum to give voters the opportunity to reject President Nicolas Maduro’s
plans to rewrite the Constitution.The plan announced by National Assembly
President Julio Borges is a dramatic escalation of the opposition’s effort to
fight Maduro’s proposal. Borges said that the vote would be held July 16 — two
weeks before Maduro is asking Venezuelans to go to the polls to choose
delegates for a special assembly to overhaul the charter. “We want the people
to decide,” Borges told a crowd of opposition leaders gathered in eastern
Caracas. “Today we’re united in a single bloc to defend our Constitution.” More…
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