This doesn't get as much attention as it should be getting. Venezuela, a once prosperous oil-driven nation is literally becoming a dictatorship with each passing day.
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But the opposition accused the president of trying to rewrite the constitution in order to maximise his power and sideline the opposition-controlled legislature.
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US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced on Monday that the US had imposed sanctions on President Maduro and called him a "dictator who disregards the will of the Venezuelan people".
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Antonio Ledezma is the former mayor of Caracas. He's literally being dragged out of bed and arrested wearing his pyjamas.
The whole world is focused on NK and whatever Trump drama is going on. But the situation in Venezuela has been getting worse day by day.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40787830