Venezuela's Supreme Court head Maikel Moreno announced on Monday that the judges had disavowed Juan Guaido as the chief of the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
The ruling comes just hours after the country's Defence Ministry reported the arrest of rebel soldiers who had attempted to carry out a coup in Caracas earlier in the day. According to the news outlet Vivoplay, at least 40 servicemen were brought to court in the Venezuelan capital.
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Following violent protests in 2017, the Constitutional Assembly called for by the Venezuelan president, stripped the opposition-controlled National Assembly of its legislative power.
The National Assembly, led by Guaido, is still functioning, but the government is not recognising its decisions.