The United States has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, branding him a dictator after Sunday's (july 30) vote for a new Constituent Assembly.
President Maduro has declared a sweeping victory in the election of the new legislative body, which grants his party the power to rewrite the constitution.
But much of the world -- and many of his own citizens -- are refusing to recognise the results, calling it an assault on democracy.
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