Venezuela Opposition Says Socialists Seek to Block 22 New Lawmakers

Venezuela's opposition on Tuesday accused the ruling Socialist Party of seeking to block 22 lawmakers from taking office in January in what it described as an effort to undermine the opposition's commanding victory in this month's legislative election. Since the opposition won a two-thirds majority in the December 6 legislative vote, the government of President Nicolas Maduro has set up a parallel grass-roots assembly and said it would tap new Supreme Court judges before the...

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