Venezuelans blocked streets in Caracas Tuesday to protest the president’s call for a new constitution. Protesters filled streets with pieces of metal and building materials. Others set fire to small mountains of trash. On Monday, President Nicolas Maduro signed a decree to begin the process of rewriting the constitution. The declaration orders the formation of a constitutional assembly. In a speech, Maduro said some of the assembly's 500 members would be elected by "workers" to replace the document. The Venezuelan constitution was last changed in 1999, under the rule of then-president Hugo Chavez. “The day has come, brothers,” Maduro said. “Don't fail me now. Don't fail Chavez and don't fail your motherland.
Title: Venezuelans Protest President's Decision to Rewrite Constitution
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1838/venezuela_protests.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Venezuelans Protest President's Decision to Rewrite Constitution' data-article-id='2355'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11125'>Venezuelans blocked streets in Caracas Tuesday to protest the president’s call for a new constitution.</span> <span data-start-time='11125' data-end-time='18000'>Protesters filled streets with pieces of metal and building materials.</span> <span data-start-time='18000' data-end-time='22917'>Others set fire to small mountains of trash.</span> <span data-start-time='22917' data-end-time='33271'>On Monday, President Nicolas Maduro signed a decree to begin the process of rewriting the constitution.</span> <span data-start-time='33271' data-end-time='39813'>The declaration orders the formation of a constitutional assembly.</span> <span data-start-time='39813' data-end-time='51479'>In a speech, Maduro said some of the assembly's 500 members would be elected by "workers" to replace the document.</span> <span data-start-time='51479' data-end-time='62813'>The Venezuelan constitution was last changed in 1999, under the rule of then-president Hugo Chavez.</span> <span data-start-time='62813' data-end-time='66896'>“The day has come, brothers,” Maduro said.</span> <span data-start-time='66896' data-end-time='69063'>“Don't fail me now.</span> <span data-start-time='69063' data-end-time='73542'>Don't fail Chavez and don't fail your motherland.</span> </p></div><div 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