Venezuela Prosecutor Seeks to Annul Constitutional Process

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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