Venezuela seeks to cool outrage over court power grab
By Andrew Cawthorne and Girish GuptaCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's pro-government Supreme Court revoked its takeover of the opposition-led Congress on Saturday after it drew international condemnation and protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro."This controversy is over," Maduro said just after midnight at a specially convened state security committee.The committee ordered the top court to reconsider Wednesday's court ruling, which effectively nullified the legislature and brought a
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