Reuters: Venezuela opposition holds unofficial plebiscite to defy Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition holds an unofficial referendum on Sunday to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro as he seeks to create a legislative superbody that his adversaries call the consolidation of a dictatorship.
The symbolic poll, which will also ask voters if they want early elections, is intended to further dent Maduro's legitimacy amid a crippling economic crisis and three months of anti-government protests that have led to nearly 100 deaths.
The opposition has cast the vote, which begins at 7 a.m. local time at some 2,000 centers around the country, as an act of civil disobedience to be followed by "zero hour," a possible reference to a national strike or other escalated actions against Maduro.
But the vote does not appear to augur a short-term change of government or a solution to the country's political stalemate.
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WNU Editor: This vote will have a result that will be overwhelmingly against the Maduro government .... and it will also be a result that the Maduro government will completely ignore.
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Venezuela opposition holds vote to rattle Maduro -- Gulf Times/AFP
Tensions high as Venezuela goes to the polls -- SKY News
Venezuelans vote in unofficial poll over new constituent body -- Euronews
'People in Venezuela are scared to vote,' say expats in Canada -- The Globe and Mail
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