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Weekly Report - 29 January 2015 (WR-15-04)
VENEZUELA: Commemorating ‘Democracy Day’
President Nicolás Maduro marked the 57th anniversary of the fall of the Venezuelan dictator, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, ‘Democracy Day’, on 23 January, by calling on the president of the national assembly, Diosdado Cabello, to begin an investigation into the ‘economic war’ he argues is being waged against his government. Meanwhile, the opposition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) staged a protest march, but the governor of Miranda, Henrique Capriles, cut a peripheral figure, underscoring the MUD’s failure to present a united front. Capriles grabbed headlines earlier this month by calling for the MUD to unite behind a structured plan of action in the face of acute shortages of food and basic products.
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