David Smilde, a sociology professor at Tulane University who has written about Venezuelan politics, said the constitutional assembly could convene in coming days. Its first orders of business are expected to include dissolving the National Assembly and removing current attorney general and Maduro critic Luisa Ortega Diaz. “On the opposition side, I assume there will be protests and efforts to block off roads,” Smilde said. “They really don’t have much left in their tool kit.”