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Venezuela opposition launches protests, Maduro counters
Source: Reuters
World | Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:34pm EST
Venezuela opposition launches protests, Maduro counters
CARACAS | BY GIRISH GUPTA AND ANDREW CAWTHORNE
Venezuela's opposition launched a new protest campaign on Saturday to oust President Nicolas Maduro, but support was thin and the ruling Socialists countered it with their own "anti-imperialist" rally.
Though thousands on both sides took to the streets of Caracas, neither march recalled the passionate rallies of recent years, with many Venezuelans exhausted by an economic and social crisis that seems to be worsening.
The opposition alliance is pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to oust Maduro via protests, a recall referendum or a constitutional amendment to cut his term.
They hope to capitalize on anger over a deep recession, triple-digit inflation and rampant insecurity.
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Venezuela opposition launches protests, Maduro counters
CARACAS | BY GIRISH GUPTA AND ANDREW CAWTHORNE
Venezuela's opposition launched a new protest campaign on Saturday to oust President Nicolas Maduro, but support was thin and the ruling Socialists countered it with their own "anti-imperialist" rally.
Though thousands on both sides took to the streets of Caracas, neither march recalled the passionate rallies of recent years, with many Venezuelans exhausted by an economic and social crisis that seems to be worsening.
The opposition alliance is pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to oust Maduro via protests, a recall referendum or a constitutional amendment to cut his term.
They hope to capitalize on anger over a deep recession, triple-digit inflation and rampant insecurity.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKCN0WE0UX