The United States is condemning a move by Venezuela's new constitutional assembly to oust the country's chief prosecutor. Morales, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other ideological allies commonly use the term "empire" as shorthand for the United States. ———4:20 p.m.Venezuela's constitutional assembly has sworn in a government loyalist to replace the ousted Luisa Ortega as the nation's chief prosecutor. He says he doesn't want to give Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro any added ammunition to blame the "Yankees" for the oil-rich nation's economic and political crisis. ———11:45 a.m.Venezuela's newly installed constitutional assembly has voted unanimously to remove chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and replaced her with a government loyalist.

Source: ABC News August 05, 2017 12:01 UTC