Why Venezuela’s struggling president just called for a new constitution

CARACAS, Venezuela — In 1999, the year Hugo Chávez took office, Venezuelan voters overwhelmingly backed his push to rewrite the constitution. Chávez was so pleased with the new version that he ordered millions of pocket-size editions to be handed out across the country. He liked to whip out a copy in the middle of his speeches […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/05/02/why-venezuelas-struggling-president-just-called-for-a-new-constitution/