Mexico "seriously worried" by Venezuela's plan for new constitution

Mexico said on Wednesday it was "seriously worried" by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's decision to create an assembly to rewrite the constitution, saying the measure deepened a political crisis in the South American nation.

Any attempt to alter a country's constitution that was not done via free and fair elections would constitute an attack on democracy, Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement.

Mexico has become increasingly outspoken in its criticism of Maduro's government, which it sees as having undermined democracy in the Americas with a series of measures to weaken opposition leaders.

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