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April 24, 2017

Venezuela: Maduro Calls for Talks with Opposition, as Dozen Die in Protests
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In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro has called for talks with the
opposition amid massive ongoing antigovernment demonstrations. On
Thursday and Friday, at least a dozen people died during violent
antigovernment street protests. Both government forces and armed
opposition members have been responsible for deaths during
demonstrations in recent weeks. Critics of President Maduro accuse him
of plunging the country into an economic crisis. Defenders of the
government blame falling oil prices and an ongoing U.S.-supported
destabilization campaign against the leftist Venezuelan government.


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