Original sentence: Due to the country's high levels of urban violence, inflation, and chronic shortages of basic goods attributed by some to economic policies such as strict price controls, civil insurrection in Venezuela culminated in the widespread protests in the country.Following months of unrest surrounding the recall referendum against President Maduro in 2016, on 29 March 2017 the Bolivarian Supreme Tribunal of Justice ruled that the National Assembly was "in a situation of contempt," because of the aforementioned rulings against the election of some of its members.Following that election, the Bolivarian officials of the lame duck National Assembly filled the Supreme Tribunal of Justice with their allies.Following the death of President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela faced a severe socioeconomic crisis during the presidency of his successor, President Nicolás Maduro.It stripped the Assembly of legislative powers, and took those powers for itself; which expanded the court's power of judicial review
Edited sentence: As a result of that election, the Bolivarian officials of the lame duck National Assembly filled the Supreme Tribunal of Justice with their allies.Due to the state's high levels of urban violence, inflation, and chronic shortages of basic goods attributed to economic policies such as strict price controls, civil insurrection in Venezuela culminated in the widespread protests in the country.Following months of unrest surrounding the recall referendum against President Maduro in 2016, on 29 March 2017 the Bolivarian Supreme Tribunal of Justice ruled that the National Assembly was "in a situation of contempt", because of the aforementioned rulings against the election of some of its members.Following the death of President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela faced a severe socioeconomic crisis during the presidency of his successor, President Nicolás Maduro, as a result of their policies.It stripped the Assembly of legislative powers, and took those powers for itself; which meant that the Court would have been able to create laws