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Venezuela: Court thwarts legislative bid to oust Maduro
Right-wing attempt to alter constitution rejected

VENEZUELA’S highest court blocked opposition attempts to carry out a legislative coup against socialist President Nicolas Maduro on Monday.

The right-wing Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) alliance had proposed a constitutional amendment cutting the length of presidential terms from six years to four.

Mr Maduro was elected in April 2013 following the death of his United Socialist Party (PSUV) predecessor Hugo Chavez, who had been re-elected to a third term of office the previous year.

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