(FILES) Venezuelan presidential candidate for the July 28 election, Antonio Ecarri, arrives at the Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in Caracas on August 2, 2024. The president of Venezuela's Parliament announced on August 22, 2026, an investigation into an opposition lawmaker and removed him from a legislative post after he proposed dollarizing the economy. The legislature launched "an investigation to determine the offenses committed" by Representative Antonio Ecarri. He was also removed from his position as chair of the Venezuela-United States Parliamentary Friendship Group. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)