venezuela opposition inches forward with bid to remove nicolas maduro /

Published at 2016-04-27 04:33:25

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Venezuela’s electoral council has taken a small step towards allowing opponents of the president to try and initiate a recall referendum against himVenezuela’s elections council has agreed to give opposition leaders a document allowing them to commence the process of seeking a referendum to remove President Nicolás Maduro , who is facing criticism over a deepening economic crisis. Opposition legislators chained themselves to the council’s office last week to protest its failure to supply the paperwork for the first step toward collecting the nearly 4 million signatures needed to trigger the referendum. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com