Venezuela opposition calls new protests for Monday

Venezuela's opposition called for new protests today and Wednesday against the inauguration of a powerful new assembly that embattled President Nicolas Maduro has tasked with writing a new constitution.

"We do not recognise this fraudulent process," senior opposition leader Henrique Capriles said yesterday at the close of a widely criticised election to choose the assembly's members, a vote marred by violence that left at least nine people dead.