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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Apr 19, 2017, 01:08 PM Apr 2017

Venezuelan opposition to hold 'mother of all marches' against Maduro

Venezuela's opposition says it will stage the "mother of all marches" on Wednesday, accusing President Nicolas Maduro of resorting to dictatorial measures to quash popular outrage over a deepening economic crisis.

In the culmination of a fortnight of violent demonstrations that killed five people, marchers around the country will demand the government present a timeline for delayed elections, halt a security crackdown on protests, and respect the autonomy of the opposition-led legislature.

Maduro, who says recent protests have been little more than opposition efforts to foment violence and topple his government, has called on sympathizers of the ruling Socialist Party to hold a competing march in Caracas.

"This is a government in its terminal phase," two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles told Reuters on Tuesday evening.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuelan-opposition-to-hold-mother-of-all-marches-against-maduro/ar-BBA1RMU?li=BBnb7Kz

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Venezuelan opposition to hold 'mother of all marches' against Maduro (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 OP
Nativist Populism Never Turns Out Well Expecting Rain Apr 2017 #1
 

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1. Nativist Populism Never Turns Out Well
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 02:18 PM
Apr 2017

Not when it is if of the right-wing variety or the left-wing variety.

We Democrats should take care not to follow the path of would-be Chavistas.

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