Venezuelan elections

Venezuela’s opposition won a key two-thirds majority in theNational Assembly in legislative voting, according to final results released Tuesday, dramatically strengthening its hand in any bid to wrest power from President Nicolas Maduro after 17 years of socialist rule.

Venezuela’s opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, stunning the ruling party and altering the balance of power

The socialist system built by Hugo Chavez faced its gravest electoral test Sunday as Venezuelans cast ballots in what seems to have become a tightening race for control of the national legislature.