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Related: About this forumVenezuela opposition begins campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro
Source: Reuters
Venezuela opposition begins campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro
Reuters in Caracas
Tuesday 8 March 2016 16.53 GMT
Venezuelas opposition alliance has launched a campaign to oust President Nicolás Maduro, vowing to hold protest rallies and push for both a recall referendum and constitutional amendment to end his presidency.
Change is coming and no one can stop it, the head of the Democratic Unity coalition, Jesús Torrealba, told a news conference.
Hungry for power after 17 years of socialist rule begun by the late Hugo Chávez, Venezuelas opposition capitalized on public ire over the crisis-hit economy to win control of the National Assembly legislature in December.
Now it is counting on a multi-pronged attack against Chavezs successor to bring him down halfway through his six-year term in the South American Opec member nation.
Reading a communique from the coalition, Torrealba said its more than two dozen parties had decided unanimously to activate all the mechanisms for change in Venezuelas constitution in search of a national unity government.
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Reuters in Caracas
Tuesday 8 March 2016 16.53 GMT
Venezuelas opposition alliance has launched a campaign to oust President Nicolás Maduro, vowing to hold protest rallies and push for both a recall referendum and constitutional amendment to end his presidency.
Change is coming and no one can stop it, the head of the Democratic Unity coalition, Jesús Torrealba, told a news conference.
Hungry for power after 17 years of socialist rule begun by the late Hugo Chávez, Venezuelas opposition capitalized on public ire over the crisis-hit economy to win control of the National Assembly legislature in December.
Now it is counting on a multi-pronged attack against Chavezs successor to bring him down halfway through his six-year term in the South American Opec member nation.
Reading a communique from the coalition, Torrealba said its more than two dozen parties had decided unanimously to activate all the mechanisms for change in Venezuelas constitution in search of a national unity government.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/08/venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-opposition-campaign
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Venezuela opposition begins campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2016
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Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)1. Finally, Venezuela will return to the rightful hands of its transnational corporate overlords
Er... I mean, "democracy." Or something.
Marksman_91
(2,035 posts)2. Better than the shithole it's become under chavismo n/t
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)3. Anything would be better than what they have now nt
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)4. And what they have now is better?