Venezuelans voted for a new legislature on Sunday in an election that may punish the ruling Socialists for a brutal economic crisis and give the opposition a long-sought platform to challenge President Nicolas Maduro. Chronic product shortages and the world’s highest inflation could hand “Chavismo” a first loss in the National Assembly since the movement’s charismatic late founder, Hugo Chavez, took office in 1999, polls show. Winning a majority of the 167 seats would not give the opposition power to overhaul the dysfunctional state-led economy. But it would shatter the Socialist Party’s aura of invincibility and may embolden foes to seek a recall of Maduro in 2016. It would also deal another blow to Latin America’s left after Argentina swung to the right in last month’s presidential election. “Our time has arrived,” said Diana Rodriguez, 37, a teacher and mother-of-two voting in affluent east Caracas, dressed in white in […]