Vote shows Venezuelans don’t trust president

Venezuela’s opposition coalition held a symbolic referendum Sunday in which 7 million people voted to reject President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite the constitution. The plan is Maduro’s answer to the country’s out-of-control economic crisis, but opponents say it’s a ploy to consolidate the president’s power. Venezuelans will officially vote July 30 to elect members of a constitutional assembly. Critics and international leaders fear Maduro will use the assembly to eliminate checks on his power. Sunday’s referendum showed opposition to the plan is strong but not overwhelming. Violence marred the vote when government supporters on motorcycles swarmed a polling site at a church in western Caracas, killing a 61-year-old woman and wounding four people in gunfire.