Thousands Continue to Call for Venezuelan Leader's Ouster

Empty shelves fill the aisles at stores and pharmacies across Venezuela - while rolling power outages and scheduled blackouts force shopping centers to scale back their hours. The economic crisis in Venezuela, which came as the result of falling oil prices and decades of financial mismanagement, culminated this week, with President Nicolas Maduro announcing a 60-day state of emergency. The decree has been rejected by the opposition, which took to the streets this week calling for a...

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