Advertisement Continue reading the main story“It’s like a chess game where you just moved one pawn,” she said. The court’s initial decision also revealed dissent within Mr. Maduro’s movement that could reflect limits on his march toward one-man rule. The decision by the court represented “a rupture in the constitutional order,” Ms. Ortega said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMs. Ortega, a longtime follower of Mr. Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, has remained loyal to Mr. Maduro. The court’s decision generated condemnation outside Venezuela as well, with critics saying that the country had become a dictatorship in all but name.

Source: New York Times April 01, 2017 17:10 UTC