Venezuelan electoral authorities have confirmed that the opposition has won a key two-thirds majority, enabling it to challenge President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition said it would work to release jailed opposition leaders and address the country’s economic crisis. Mr Maduro has announced a cabinet reshuffle but vowed to veto any amnesty law for jailed politicians. The election result is the worst for the Socialist movement founded by late leader Hugo Chavez in 1999. The majority means the Democratic Unity coalition can now make sweeping changes, including calling a possible referendum on Mr Maduro’s leadership. It also wants the release of one of its leaders, Leopoldo Lopez, who was given a 13-year prison sentence for inciting violence – a charge critics say was politically motivated. But Mr Maduro said he would block any amnesty law. “The murderers have to be […]