CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was going to parliament on Tuesday to seek decree powers he says are needed to tackle corruption and fix the economy but opponents view as proof he wants to rule as an autocrat.
The National Assembly, where Maduro's socialist government has a nearly two-thirds majority, is widely expected to grant him the fast-track legislative powers in a revival of a measure used several times by his predecessor, Hugo Chavez.
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