Venezuela: Things to come to a head on Sunday

Posted on July 27, 2017 • Filed under: Conflicts, Politics, Venezuela

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france24.com/(AFP) –

Venezuela is hurtling toward a high-stakes political confrontation this week pitting an increasingly isolated President Nicolas Maduro against an opposition scenting blood.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the opposition is staging its second nationwide strike in a week, then another mass protest on Friday, upping the pressure on the leftist leader.

The National Assembly, controlled by the opposition, has already made moves toward what some are calling a “parallel” state by appointing 33 supreme court judges to rival ones loyal to Maduro. Read Article

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