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Weekly Report - 12 May 2016 (WR-16-18)
VENEZUELA: Violence erupts as opposition demands recall
Images of the Venezuelan opposition political leader and twice-former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski being led away in obvious pain after being pepper sprayed by police at a march in Caracas is another black mark against the government led by President Nicolás Maduro, which appears determined to rebuff the loud public demand for a recall referendum.
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