Two Venezuelan opposition leaders were taken from their homes by government security officers Tuesday morning. Critics of President Nicolas Maduro said the arrests are another sign Maduro is moving toward a dictatorship for Venezuela. The South American country is home to nearly 32 million people. The arrests of opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma came one day after the United States ordered sanctions against Maduro. The Trump administration said an election Sunday to create a new assembly to rewrite Venezuela’s Constitution took away the people’s right to self-determination. The Maduro government said more than 8 million people voted Sunday to create an assembly to rewrite the Venezuelan constitution. But independent election experts said voter turnout was far lower. The election was called illegitimate by leaders across North and South America and in Europe.
Title: Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Arrested
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/2015/venezuela.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Arrested' data-article-id='2533'><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='11917'>Two Venezuelan opposition leaders were taken from their homes by government security officers Tuesday morning.</span> <span data-start-time='11917' data-end-time='26333'>Critics of President Nicolas Maduro said the arrests are another sign Maduro is moving toward a dictatorship for Venezuela.</span> <span data-start-time='26333' data-end-time='33500'>The South American country is home to nearly 32 million people.</span> <span data-start-time='33500' data-end-time='49438'>The arrests of opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma came one day after the United States ordered sanctions against Maduro.</span> <span data-start-time='49438' data-end-time='66188'>The Trump administration said an election Sunday to create a new assembly to rewrite Venezuela’s Constitution took away the people’s right to self-determination.</span> <span data-start-time='66188' data-end-time='79271'>The Maduro government said more than 8 million people voted Sunday to create an assembly to rewrite the Venezuelan constitution.</span> <span data-start-time='79271' data-end-time='86375'>But independent election experts said voter turnout was far lower.</span> <span data-start-time='86375' data-end-time='95375'>The election was called illegitimate by leaders across North and South America and in Europe.</span> </p></div><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/right_to_self_govern.m4a'><span>right to self govern</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/open_election.m4a'><span>open election</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/power_by_force.m4a'><span>power by force</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/rule_of_law.m4a'><span>rule of law</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9104 data-hint-location='66188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/what_did_they_vote_to_do.m4a'>What did they vote to do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='rewrite the constitution'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/stop_an_assembly.m4a'><span>stop an assembly</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/rewrite_the_constitution.m4a'><span>rewrite the constitution</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/overthrow_the_government.m4a'><span>overthrow the government</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/empower_the_people.m4a'><span>empower the people</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9105 data-hint-location='79271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2015/voter_turn_out_was__blank__than_reported.m4a'>Voter turn out was <span class='blank'>far lower</span> than reported.</div><div 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