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Venezuela Catholic Church calls government 'dictatorship'

At least 91 people have died over the past three months in clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators, as the center-right opposition accuses President Maduro of maneuvering to cling to power against its demands for a vote on removing him.

08.07.2017

(AFP) - Venezuela's Catholic Church raised pressure on the leftist government Friday in a deadly political crisis, warning that its drive for constitutional reforms is turning the country into a "military dictatorship."

The plan "will be imposed by force and its result will be that constitutional status will be given to a military, socialist, Marxist and communist dictatorship," the head of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, Diego Padron, told a news conference.