CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro promoted several soldiers Wednesday night as he reshuffled his Cabinet to allow top officials to run for seats in a special assembly to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution. As part of the shake-up, three army generals were given key posts. The embattled Maduro also named Venezuela’s ambassador to the Organization of American States as foreign minister to replace close ally Delcy Rodriguez. An Associated Press investigation last year identified Osorio as among top officials in the military trafficking in hard-to-find food. Maduro named as transportation minister Gen. Juan Garcia Toussaintt, who until this week was the army commander.

Source: National Post June 22, 2017 02:31 UTC