After weeks of power cuts and limited access to water, tens of thousands of Vene...
CARACAS/MARACAIBO, Venezuela - After weeks of power cuts and limited access to water, tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Saturday to back opposition leader Juan Guaido and protest against President Nicolas Maduro, who they accuse of wrecking the economy.
Guaido, head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly and recognized as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state by most Western nations, called for Saturday’s marches to mark the start of what he has billed as a new wave of “definitive” protests to oust Maduro. In Caracas, thousands of opposition supporters assembled at a main rally point in the eastern El Marques district. Protesters there said their homes had been without water for days and many had taken to drawing it from unsanitary pipes or streams running off the Avila mountain overlooking Caracas.
Two massive power outages since February have led Maduro’s government to cancel school classes and work and left many businesses shuttered. The resumption of services has been uneven, with cities such as San Cristobal, Valencia and Maracay still reporting intermittent blackouts. Protesters in the city, in the western state of Zulia, told Reuters police had fired rubber bullet rounds and tear gas to disperse them.
The National Assembly, on its Twitter account, said two of its lawmakers had been arrested by authorities at the Maracaibo protest and demanded their immediate release. Venezuela’s Information Ministry did not respond to a request to comment.
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