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New Venezuela assembly fires dissident attorney general

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AFP Caracas
Last Updated : Aug 05 2017 | 9:28 PM IST
Venezuela's contested new assembly fired the country's dissident attorney general, Luisa Ortega, Saturday in a move sure to provoke greater international criticism.
The body, which made the sacking its first order of business, also said it planned to operate as Venezuela's supreme power for up to two years.

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First Published: Aug 05 2017 | 9:28 PM IST

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