Venezuela On Edge Ahead Of Sunday's Controversial Election

CNN: Venezuela: Protesters, troops clash ahead of Sunday vote

(CNN)Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are calling for continued protests ahead of Sunday's controversial election, a day after demonstrators clashed with national guard troops in the capital in defiance of a protest ban.

Opposition leaders have vowed unrest before the election of a "constituent national assembly" that would rewrite the constitution at Maduro's request -- a move that the leftist leader's critics say could consolidate his power and lead to a dictatorship.

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.... But of the 6,120 candidates in Sunday’s election for a 545-member legislative super body, none are from Venezuela’s opposition, which is boycotting what it calls a rigged ballot meant to consummate a dictatorship.

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