Venezuela Back From Brink as Top Court Reverses Shock Ruling
- Move may tamp down fears oil producer sliding to dictatorship
- Maduro rejects overseas ‘meddling’ into Venezuela’s affairs
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Venezuela’s top court reversed its decision to strip power from the opposition-led National Assembly in favor of the ruling socialist party, a move that critics say had driven the oil-producing nation to the brink of dictatorship.
President Nicolas Maduro announced the court’s move -- statements that removed earlier rulings transferring the assembly’s functions to the court -- on state television on Saturday. The decision came a day after the nation’s top prosecutor, a Maduro ally, labeled the Supreme Court’s March 29 move unconstitutional.