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In Venezuela, Supreme Court Takes Over Congress

NPR

Published March 31, 2017 at 5:04 PM EDT

Venezuela's Supreme Court seized power from the opposition-led legislature on Thursday. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Amherst professor Javier Corrales, whose research focuses on Latin American democracy and politics about the state of Venezuela's democracy.

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