Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government on Tuesday condemned a "brutal" and "imperial" threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose economic sanctions if plans to set up a controversial new congress were not withdrawn.
Reading the government's response to Trump's statement on Monday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada said the July 30 vote for a legislative super-body known as a Constituent Assembly would go ahead despite U.S. objections.
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