Venezuela leader maneuvers as opponents take Congress

Source: AFP

Venezuela's opposition takes control of the legislature Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, but President Nicolas Maduro bid to outmaneuver them by seizing control of the central bank.

Opposition lawmakers wearing caps in the red, yellow and blue national colors crossed a line of police guards as they arrived for a tense swearing-in ceremony at the National Assembly.

They have vowed to bring change to the oil-rich but crisis-hit nation.

Facing the toughest challenge yet to his authority, Maduro has moved to chip away at their majority which they want to use to force him from office.


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