From CNN Breaking News@VERT to no-reply@siteservices.cnn.com on Sun Aug 6 17:28:59 2017
Venezuela remained a powder keg on Sunday as authorities said they had quelled an anti-government paramilitary attack at a military base[1].
Authorities said the early-morning rebellion, which took place at a military base in Valencia, about 150 kilometers (95 miles) west of Caracas, was swiftly contained.
After months of economic hardship and bloody political turmoil, a Constituent Assembly was voted into office last week[2], taking the place of the opposition-led National Assembly.
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