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The US State Department decisively condemn the seizure of power in Venezuela by the Constituent Assembly, convened by the President of the country, Nicholas Maduro. It is reported by Reuters.

“This seizure of power is called upon to supplant a democratically elected national assembly with the help of an authoritarian committee that acts as a round of the law,” the State Department said. “While Maduro continues to behave as an authoritarian dictatorship, we are ready to use all the American economic and diplomatic power in support of the Venezuelan people, striving to restore their democracy.”

Countries of the Mercosur economic bloc also condemned the usurpation of the legislative power in Venezuela. Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay do not recognize any measures taken by the "Constituent Assembly", the statement published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil said.

On Friday, the "Constituent Assembly" announced that the legislative powers of the Nautshada of the country, which is under the control of the opposition.

In May, Maduro announced the convocation of the Constituent Assembly, designed to change the country's constitution. The opposition regarded this as a military coup. On August 4, the Prosecutor General of Venezuela Luis Ortega appealed to the court with the submission of the suspension of the Constituent Assembly due to violations during the election. On August 5, on the first day of his work, the Constituent Assembly shifted Ortega from his post and decided to put it on trial. On Friday, she arrived in Colombia. As Ortega said, she was afraid for her life in Venezuela, although she still considers herself the country's prosecutor general.

On July 31, the United States imposed sanctions against Maduro. On August 12, sanctions were expanded. Venezuelan officials fell under them, including the brother of the former leader of the country Hugo Chavez Adan.

On August 12, US President Donald Trump said that he did not exclude resolution of the crisis in Venezuela by military means . "People suffer, and they die. We have many options for Venezuela, including a military option, if necessary," Trump said. At the same time, he refused to clarify whether this option means sending the American military to Venezuela.

Trump's words caused a sharp reaction of Venezuela. The Minister of Defense of the country Vladimir Padrino called them "an act of madness." Maduro sent a request for a telephone conversation with Trump to the US administration, but he was refused. "Trump will gladly talk with the leader of Venezuela, when democracy is restored in the country," the White House said.

Since April, Venezuela has been held in protest against the Maduro regime, which are brutally suppressed by the army, security forces and president supporting the president. The number of victims among protesters has already exceeded a hundred people, thousands were illegally detained.

Venezuela's economy largely depends on oil revenues. In 2003, the left government introduced state regulation of prices for main food. As a result, now up to 40 percent of subsidized products is exported to neighboring Colombia for resale. The country has a shortage of food, medicines and essential goods. Inflation in Venezuela in 2016 exceeded 700 percent.

Following the results of the elections held in December 2015 , the qualified majority in the parliament received the opposition . However, the government and the country's Supreme Court, which are still fully controlled by Maduro supporters, successfully break any legislative initiatives of the parliament. There is no impeachment in the Venezuela constitution.