The Latest: Venezuela’s Maduro lauds security forces

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela’s political crisis over installation of a special assembly to rewrite the constitution (all times local):
7:15 p.m.
President Nicolas Maduro is heralding security forces, portraying them as heroes fighting “terrorists” amid mounting criticism of their heavy-handed tactics quelling protests.
Speaking to the National Guard that have been on the front lines of four months of deadly protests, Maduro promised that more than 580