Constituent Assembly Supercharges Political Crisis in Venezuela and Heightens Anxiety Around the Region

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With tensions running high in Venezuela and around the region, President Nicolás Maduro pushed ahead with his constitutional convention, essentially cutting the growing opposition movement out of any role in Venezuela’s political life. Maduro’s supporters say he is defending the Bolivarian Revolution, while his critics say he is a dictator bent on destroying Venezuelan democracy, along with its economy. Moreover, some observers have allowed that both sides have their own closed universes of interpretation that can lead Venezuela into even deeper tragedy. 

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