CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition says President Nicolas Maduro is seeking to close down the last institutional space they have left to contest his government - the National Assembly legislature, headed by Juan Guaido.
Since Guaido invoked the constitution to assume a rival presidency in January, opposition lawmakers have been assaulted by pro-government groups at the assembly's gates, arrested and accused of treason. Many say they are barely getting by financially after the Maduro administration stripped them of their salaries.