New Venezuela Assembly fires dissident attorney general

Venezuela`s contested new assembly fired the country`s dissident attorney general, Luisa Ortega, Saturday in a move sure to provoke greater international criticism.

New Venezuela Assembly fires dissident attorney general
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Caracas: 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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