31-07-2017 01:08 via yahoo.com

Deadly protests mar Venezuela ballot as voters snub Maduro assembly

By Alexandra Ulmer and Anggy PolancoCARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, (Reuters) - Deadly protests rocked Venezuela on Sunday as voters broadly boycotted an election for a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed would begin a "new era of combat" in the crisis-stricken nation.Maduro, widely disliked for overseeing an unraveling of Venezuela's economy, has promised the assembly will bring peace by way of a new constitution after four months of opposition prot
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