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Venezuela lawmakers vote for political trial of president
10 years agoVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C), who is resisting efforts by the opposition to remove him from power in a volatile political crisis, gestures at supporters in Caracas on October 25, 2016. The opposition is planning nationwide street protests for Wednesday, the day it was to have begun collecting the four million signatures needed to trigger a recall referendum against Maduro but which electoral authorities blocked last week. Ronaldo SCHEMIDT / AFP
Venezuela's opposition-majority legislature voted on Tuesday to open a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro, who is resisting efforts to remove him from power in a volatile political crisis.