Maduro claims vote win, opposition vows protests

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory Monday in an internationally criticized election for an assembly to rewrite the constitution, but the opposition cried fraud and vowed to keep protesting despite a deadly crackdown.

Ten people were killed in a wave of bloodshed that swept Venezuela Sunday as Maduro defied an opposition boycott and international condemnation—including the threat of new US sanctions—to hold elections for a powerful new “Constituent Assembly.”