In Venezuela, the new constitutional assembly assumed even more power by declaring itself as the superior body to all other governmental institutions, including the opposition-controlled congress. <br/><br/>Yesterday's decree came just hours after the assembly delegates took control of a legislative chamber and put up pictures of the late President Hugo Chavez, who installed Venezuela's socialist system. Delcy Rodriguez, the head of the ruling socialist party and leader of the body, said the unanimously approved decree prohibits lawmakers in congress from taking any action that would interfere with laws passed by the newly installed constitutional assembly.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has sentenced a Caracas-area mayor, Ramon Muchacho, to 15 months in prison for not following an order to remove barricades set up during anti-government demonstrations.