Maduro's Support Slips to 24.3 Percent, Venezuelan Poll Finds

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's popularity fell to 24.3 percent in July, hurt by voracious inflation and shortages of goods ranging from spare parts to shampoo, according to respected local pollster Datanalisis. The oil-producing country is suffering from a brutal recession stemming in part from strict controls that crimp access to hard currency and imports, and aggravated by the tumble in crude prices. Maduro, who narrowly won an election to replace the late Hugo Chavez in...

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