Nicolas Maduro to fill Venezuelan parliament with loyalists
Most of the legislators will be from the ruling socialist party, including the president’s son, Nicolas Maduro Guerra and his wife, Cilia Flores
05 January 2021 - 16:30
Caracas — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will install a new National Assembly filled with regime loyalists on Tuesday, consolidating his power over key institutions in the crisis-torn nation despite mounting US sanctions.
In a ceremony scheduled to start late in the morning in Caracas, 277 legislators will be sworn in — most of them from the ruling socialist party, including the president’s son Nicolas Maduro Guerra and his wife Cilia Flores...
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