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Public outrage over sweeping new emergency powers decreed this week by President Nicolas Maduro was expected to spill onto the streets of Venezuela on Wednesday, with planned nationwide protests marking a new lowpoint in his unpopular rule.
The demonstrations mark the strongest challenge yet to Maduro’s controversial declaration of a state of emergency.
Opposition-led marches in the capital Caracas and other major cities were to demand that authorities accept a recall referendum to determine Maduro’s fate.
The 53-year-old president on Tuesday dismissed the push against him as “not viable” and said a petition it was based on was riddled with “fraud,” despite 1.8 million signatures seeking his ouster.