Carlos Morreo

Venezuela: Constituent assembly poses challenge to opposition, critical chavismo

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced at an International Workers鈥 Day rally on May 1 that he would convene a National Constituent Assembly in an attempt to resolve the country鈥檚 current political crisis.

The constituent assembly, which will be made up of delegates elected on a territorial basis and from among the country鈥檚 different social sectors, seeks to prove an electoral route out of the current impasse premised on national dialogue.

鈥淰enezuela Undercover鈥: What ABC鈥檚 Foreign Correspondent left behind

Foreign Correspondent disappointed with 鈥淰enezuela Undercover鈥, a good-looking but trivial piece of 鈥渋nvestigative journalism鈥.

The 30-minute documentary by reporter Eric Campbell and producer Mike Davis was first screened on ABC on March 21.

It begins by asserting that Venezuela is, today, a 鈥渄isaster鈥, though very little in the documentary is offered that might allow the viewer to understand why.