US Cries ‘Power Grab’ Following Venezuela Supreme Court Ruling
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks with first lady Cilia Flores as they arrive to the Supreme Court, before delivering his state of the union address, in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
The U.S. government claimed Thursday that Venezuela’s top court had ‘usurped’ power from the country’ national assembly, after the Supreme Court made a statement about its responsibility to ensure the rule of law in a ruling on a constitutional interpretation on joint public-private ventures.
