On Sunday, July 30, 2017, Venezuela's increasingly authoritarian government became a dictatorship. All 545 handpicked candidates of President Nicolas Maduro's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) were elected to a national constituent assembly in a highly fraudulent and violent vote. That day alone, Venezuelan security forces killed 16 protesters, bringing the four-month death toll of protestors to over 120.
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