Venezuela Prosecutor Seeks to Annul Constitutional Process

Venezuela's chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz says she has asked the country's supreme court to annul the government's effort to rewrite the constitution.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz says she has asked the country’s supreme court to annul the government’s effort to rewrite the constitution.

Ortega Diaz’s announcement at a news conference deeps her differences with the government of President Nicolas Maduro amid a wave of opposition protests now in its third month.

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