Protesters March Through Caracas Demanding Recall Vote for Maduro

Opponents of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro have traveled from far-off villages in the Amazon to march through the streets of Caracas. Protesters are pressing for a recall referendum against the president, whose approval ratings have fallen to a dismal 25 percent this year. The opposition was hoping for one million people weary of ongoing recession, inflation in the triple digits, and a countrywide shortage of food and basic necessities to march through the capital...

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