Venezuela's constituent assembly declares itself supreme, above all government branches

Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 11:40 UTC

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Venezuela's newly established constituent assembly declared itself on Tuesday to be above all other branches of government, including the opposition-led congress. Assembly leaders Delcy Rodriguez and Diosdado Cabello said their laws and decisions trumped all others made by anyone else. Read full article

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gordo1
Shame on them!
Aug 09th, 2017 - 12:58 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Islander1
Well done |Peru. Someone has guts and decency.
Aug 09th, 2017 - 01:01 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Tarquin Fin
Towards a single party political system. There you go. That's how it is done. I never thought I would see something like this happening again in my lifetime.
Aug 09th, 2017 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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HughJuanCoeurs
Welcome to the Socialist version of Animal Farm “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Aug 09th, 2017 - 04:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
China, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands...those are socialist. This shithole is a totalitarian country run by an insane bus driver, support by a drug dealing wannabe military. The type of military that only has enough power to kill it's own citizens and not a professional military adversary.
There day will come and when the reckoning happens, those claiming to be supreme will be like the nazi's of WWII.....they were forced to do it. I hope all of you corrupt Chubby Chavos supporters quickly get your chance for one on one face time with Chubby.
Aug 09th, 2017 - 04:44 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Heisenbergcontext
Venezuela: the modern face of fascism.
Aug 10th, 2017 - 01:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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DonMateo
This is how civil wars start. And in that part of the world anyone can make cocaine, or traffic artesnal gold and sell it and buy guns and military equipment. They could even subcontract the former members of the FARC. The thing that I can see is 80% of the country dont want the regime and the other 20% are protected. The odds are against the regime. Its a matter of time. Venezuelans will soon have the choice of dying as a rebel or dying from starvation. Pretty easy choice really.
Aug 10th, 2017 - 08:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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:o))
Brazil, tending to be ALMOST = Venezuela:
http://theconversation.com/brazil-and-venezuelas-political-crises-are-more-alike-than-they-seem-80520?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1500885288
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