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Zorro

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Sat Jul 8, 2017, 09:27 AM Jul 2017

Venezuela's Maduro orders state workers to vote for assembly

Source: Reuters

With many Venezuelans angry at the government and planning to sit out a July 30 vote for a new superbody assembly, President Nicolas Maduro has ordered all state workers to take part, seeking to avoid an embarrassingly low turnout.

After three months of anti-government unrest that has killed at least 90 people, Maduro has called for the Constituent Assembly, with powers to reform the national charter and supersede other institutions, in an election he says will bring peace.

Opponents plan a rival, unofficial referendum on July 16 to give Venezuelans a say on what they view as a sham poll by the leftist president, accusing him of trying to formalize a dictatorship in the South American OPEC nation.

Maduro has been trying to drum up his base, mostly state workers and poorer Venezuelans.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/venezuelas-maduro-orders-state-workers-vote-controversial-assembly-140842421--finance.html

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