Description

(3 Aug 2017) Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that Venezuela's democracy has been "deteriorating," addressing the issue of Venezuela's new constitutional assembly to rewrite the struggling nation's constitution.The body is empowered to rewrite Venezuela's constitution and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro vows he will use it to target his opponents and solidify the socialist system installed by the late President Hugo Chavez. Maduro called the vote in May after weeks of protests fueled by widespread anger over food shortages, triple-digit inflation and high crime — unrest that continues and has caused at least 125 deaths.You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

Tags

AP Archive 4109294 132f09e2f8ef7cdd2db5406c27118ee1 Colombia Santos 2 Bogota Colombia Latin America and Caribbean Venezuela Hugo Chavez Nicolas Maduro Juan Manuel Santos Government and politics