With Venezuelan Congressional Leaders Screaming Coup, Venezuela`s High Court Has Just Dissolved The National Assembly



CNN: Venezuela's high court dissolves National Assembly

(CNN)In a surprising move the Venezuelan opposition is calling a coup, the Venezuelan Supreme Court has stripped the country's National Assembly of its powers. The court ruled that all powers vested under the legislative body will be transferred to the Supreme Court, which is stacked with government loyalists.

The ruling effectively means the three branches of the Venezuelan government will be controlled by the ruling United Socialist Party. The opposition has been taken out of the picture.

Prominent opposition leaders are already calling the government of President Nicolás Maduro "a dictatorship."

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WNU Editor: After what happened today I can now say it officially .... Venezuela is a dictatorship.

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