US and allies fail to derail constitutional reform in Venezuela
A US-LED bid to scupper Venezuela’s constitutional reform process aimed at ending opposition-led violence was defeated by the country’s regional allies on Wednesday.
A special meeting of the Washington-based Organisation of American States (OAS) was suspended after a draft declaration by Peru, Canada, the US, Mexico and Panama failed to gain support.
That motion demanded that Venezuela’s United Socialist Party (PSUV) government halt the ongoing National Constituent Assembly process to make far-reaching amendments to the constitution.
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