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Venezuela: Right-Wing Opposition Takes Control of Congress

HeadlineJan 06, 2016

In Venezuela, right-wing opposition lawmakers have taken control of the Congress for the first time in 17 years. The opposition won 112 out of 167 seats in elections last month. The new legislature sets up a challenge for President Nicolás Maduro as he seeks to continue the Bolivarian revolution launched by late President Hugo Chávez.

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