Last week, Venezuela’s Supreme Court stripped the country’s legislative body of authority.

Venezuela’s opposition dominates congress and sees the move as a power grab by President Nicolas Maduro. They want to remove judges from the Supreme Court. Over the weekend, the Court backed off on some of its ruling, but left in place part of the ruling that gave Mr. Maduro powers to negotiate economic policy that previously were subject to legislative review. 

We talk about the political row with David Smilde, senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).