VENEZUELAN electoral authorities have admitted that an opposition alliance has won enough national assembly seats to force constitutional reform — or even call a referendum that would potentially put an end to 17 years of socialist rule.
The Democratic Unity (MUD) alliance won an emphatic victory in Sunday’s elections, but a government-appointed electoral council (CNE) took two days to acknowledge that the bloc had reached the critical total of 112 seats in the 167-seat assembly.
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