Maduro orders Venezuela army into streets

Caracas (AFP) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the army into the streets as the volatile country braces for what his opponents vow will be the "mother of all protests" on Wednesday. Maduro, who has faced violent protests over recent moves to tighten his grip on power, ordered the military to defend the leftist "Bolivarian revolution" launched by his late mentor Hugo Chavez in 1999. -- More...

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AFP AFPApril 17, 2017 At least five people have been killed in recent protests against Venezuela's socialist government (AFP Photo/JUAN BARRETO) More