Brussels — The EU on Monday condemned “the excessive and disproportionate use of force by security forces” in Venezuela, where authorities said 10 people had been killed in clashes between anti-Maduro protesters and law enforcement. Sunday marked one of the deadliest days since protests started in early April in Venezuela, where voters broadly boycotted an election for a constitutional super-body sought by the unpopular President Nicolas Maduro. “Venezuela has democratically elected and legitimate institutions whose role is to work together and to find a negotiated solution to the current crisis. A constituent assembly, elected under doubtful and often violent circumstances cannot be part of the solution,” the bloc’s foreign policy service said in a statement. It did not mention whether the EU was considering imposing more sanctions on Venezuela, as mulled by the US. Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party has vowed that the newly elected legislative super-body will begin passing laws qu...
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