(Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press)CARACAS, Venezuela — The all-powerful constitutional assembly passed a decree Tuesday ordering authorities to investigate and try Venezuelans believed responsible for supporting new U.S. economic sanctions. The move came just days after President Nicolas Maduro vowed to prosecute for treason opponents he accused of being behind the U.S. financial sanctions. Maduro singled out Julio Borges, president of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress, but Borges said Tuesday that he bore no responsibility for Venezuela’s growing economic peril. “The only one responsible is Maduro,” Borges said. The assembly, which is supposed to write a new constitution, was installed in early August following a disputed election of delegates.

Source: Washington Post August 30, 2017 00:39 UTC