Zapatero issued a statement on Saturday tacitly acknowledging that the constituent assembly vote would be held, but calling on the assembly’s powers to be limited and for firm dates for local and presidential elections to be set. “But we are not backing down because our problem is not the constituent assembly, it is the dictatorship,” said Guevara in a statement. But polls show that 70% of Venezuelans do not want a constituent assembly, although turnout on Sunday may not reflect that. If the constituent assembly is voted in, I may have to leave here,” she said. His parents have said that if the constituent assembly is voted in, they want him to join them.

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2017 20:48 UTC