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Jailed Former Mayor Calls Off Hunger Strike in Venezuela

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A former Venezuelan mayor jailed last year for his role in anti-government protests has ended a 20-day hunger strike that supporters said had weakened him and triggered kidney pain, his wife said Thursday. Daniel Ceballos, former mayor of the opposition hotbed of San Cristobal in western Venezuela, had stopped eating to demand the release of jailed politicians and government establishment of a date for this year's parliamentary elections. "I received a call from my husband...

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