FILE PHOTO: National Constituent Assembly President Delcy Rodriguez attends to one of its session in Caracas, Venezuela August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Venezuela's new legislative superbody was criticized by South American governments and Washington on Friday after giving itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress while ex-top prosecutor Luisa Ortega fled the country.
President Nicolas Maduro sponsored last month's election of the 545-member constituent assembly over objections from the opposition, which boycotted the vote, calling it an affront to democracy. In its first session on Aug. 5 the assembly fired Ortega, who had accused Maduro of human rights violations.
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