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Maduro denies 'enemy' charge of rigging Venezuela vote
Maduro faces mounting accusations of trampling on democracy in Venezuela with Sunday's controversial election for an all-powerful "Constituent Assembly" -- most recently by the British technology firm contracted to handle the vote. The firm, Smartmatic, said in a London news conference that the official figures from the election were "tampered with" to make turnout appear greater than it was. The new 545-member body -- whose members include Maduro's wife and son -- will have sweeping powers to dissolve the opposition-majority congress, pass laws and write a new constitution.
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