Nine reported dead, including one candidate, as violence erupts over Venezuela's constitutional vote

[TomSea]

Nine reported dead, including one candidate, as violence erupts over Venezuela's constitutional vote
One candidate is among the dead as violence erupts over Venezuela's constitutional vote
By: Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul

A candidate for Venezuela’s constitutional assembly was one of nine people reported killed amid widespread violence as voters went to the polls Sunday in a hotly contested election aimed at giving greater power to President Nicolas Maduro.

Jose Felix Pineda, a pro-Maduro candidate in the election to select members of a constitutional assembly, was reportedly shot to death Saturday night in his home in the Heres township in Bolivar state by two unknown assailants. The shooting took place during a family gathering at which others present were robbed of their belongings, according to a government statement.

Continued: http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-venezuela-voting-20170730-story.html

Pro-Maduro candidate was shot dead; the vote is for the Parliament, of which the deceased was a member, to rewrite the constitution in a pro-Maduro manner.  Messy.

[Oceander]

If he was pro-Maduro, no great loss. 

[dfwgator]

It's going to take a military coup to get rid of Maduro.