Enshrining Dictatorship: July Vote and Constituent Assembly

enshrining dictatorship: Maduro insists it is the only way to bring peace after months of anti-government unrest that has killed 100 people and further hurt a crippled economy, according to The Japan Times. Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada said the July 30 vote for the legislative super-body known as a Constituent Assembly would go ahead. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would take strong and swift economic actions if Maduro went ahead with the new body that would have power to rewrite Venezuela's constitution and supersede other institutions. ; Polls show a majority of Venezuelans oppose the assembly, which critics call tantamount to enshrining dictatorship in the South American OPEC nation. It is an act of political sovereignty by the Republic. Venezuelans are free and will unite against the insolent threat from a xenophobic and racist government and the United States' brutal interventionist efforts. Nothing and nobody can stop it, he told reporters. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.