FILE PHOTO: National constituent assembly's member Diosdado Cabello speaks during a session of the assembly at Palacio Federal Legislativo in Caracas, Venezuela August 5, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's all-powerful Constituent Assembly elected as its head on Tuesday Socialist Party No. 2 Diosdado Cabello, boosting the profile of a political leader who the United States has accused of being a coordinator of international drug shipments.
President Nicolas Maduro last year led the creation of the 545-member assembly, which the opposition and foreign governments have called the consolidation of a dictatorship because it has given the ruling Socialist Party unchecked power.
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