The United States has announced a reward of $5 million for any information that can be used to arrest Venezuela's Supreme Court chief justice, triggering sharp reactions from the Latin American nation.

US offers $5 million reward for arrest of Venezuelan chief justice

Venezuelan agents have detained a top aide of opposition leader Juan Guaido, using a tow truck to drag his vehicle away with him inside, in the first major detention since a failed attempt last week to spark a military uprising to bring down President Nicolas Maduro's government.

Security forces in Venezuela arrests Juan Guaido's top aide Edgar Zambrano

The Supreme Court had stripped legislative powers from the National Assembly, the sole institution that was not in control of the government

Venezuela top court retreats President Maduro's power extension bid

The country's attorney general dubbed the dissolution of the legislature as a 'rupture of constitutional order'

Venezuelan president under severe attack over alleged power grab

The head of the OAS said the court had dealt the final blows to democracy in the country and accused Maduro's 'regime'?of carrying out a 'coup'

Venezuela: Oppostion decries Maduro as 'dictator' after Congress annulled