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Venezuelan opposition in final protest push ahead of Sunday vote
By Hugh Bronstein CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition sympathizers braved tear gas and rainstorms on Friday, blocking streets in protest against a legislative super-body to be elected on Sunday that critics call a plan by President Nicolas Maduro to create a dictatorship. The imminent election of a constituent assembly has been broadly condemned by countries around the world as a weakening of democratic governance in the OPEC nation, which is also struggling under a crippling economic crisis. Demonstrators said urgency was increasing as they set up barricades along main roads in the capital, Caracas, pelted by sheets of rain and teargas canisters fired by police.
Donald Trump dumps Reince Priebus and appoints John Kelly as new White House chief of staff ending week of bitter infighting
Donald Trump has announced he is moving General John Kelly from the Department of Homeland Security to take over as White House chief of staff from the increasingly embattled Reince Priebus. It follows a turbulent week in which behind-the-scenes warring erupted into public view. I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017 Mr Priebus was one of the few figures from the Republican leadership to join Mr Trump's unconventional team but found himself isolated among the Trump family members and political outsiders who made up much of the core of the administration. More follows
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