Venezuela's Maduro announces creation of a 'people's body' to re-write the Constitution

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced the creation of a new popular assembly with the ability to rewrite the constitution, a move that opponents decried as a power grab to stifle weeks of anti-government protests. "I don't want a civil war," Maduro told a large May Day rally of supporters in Caracas business hub, while elsewhere across the city security forces fired tear [...] Read more here: Al Jazeera