Venezuela anti-Maduro protests continue despite ban
POLITICS
By Wang Lingqiang

2017-07-29 11:04 GMT+8

Protesters in Venezuela took to the streets again on Friday to demonstrate against a legislative super-body to be elected on Sunday. 

Critics have called the vote a plan by President Nicolas Maduro to impose a dictatorship. There were fewer protests on Friday as compared to the demonstrations staged earlier in the week, amid tropical downpours and a government ban on demonstrations.

Venezuelans have been protesting against Maduro for several months, with the country in the grip of a severe economic crisis.

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