Correction: Venezuela-Opposition Overhaul story

Jan 4, 2023, 10:42 PM | Updated: Jan 9, 2023, 11:04 am

Newly sworn-in lawmakers stand for a group photo with National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, center, National Assembly Secretary Rosalba Gil, left, and Sub-Secretary Maria Alejandra Hernandez, at the start of the legislative year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, right, leads the body's first session as lawmakers vote for candidates for leadership roles in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, right, swears in Pedro Infante as first vice president, after Rodriguez was reelected as the body's leader for another term at the start of the legislative year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez a legislative rules book after being sworn-in as the body's leader for another term in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Newly sworn-in lawmakers stand for a group photo at the start of the legislative year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. At center are National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, right, and lawmaker Diosdado Cabello who is also the vice president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Leaders, from left, America Perez, second vice president of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, lawmaker and first vice president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez walk on the grounds of the assembly after being sworn-in for the new legislative year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

FILE - Opposition leader Juan Guaido explains the income and expenses of his self-proclaimed, parallel government in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 16, 2022. Venezuela's opposition on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, has selected an all-female team of exiled former lawmakers to replace Guaido as the face of its efforts to remove socialist President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez is sworn-in as leader for another term at the start of the legislative year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Behind are images of late revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar, left, and late President Hugo Chavez.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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