Venezuela president extends economic emergency

Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has decreed a two-month extension on emergency powers meant to help shore up the country's crippled economy. The presidential decree, published in an official gazette released Monday, is meant to "protect Venezuelans from economic warfare," it says, and expands the socialist government's powers. Maduro regularly blames US and local business interests for what his administration sees as a "national and international boycott of Venezuela" amid low oil