27-10-2016 19:58 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Venezuela opposition heaps pressure, Maduro scoffs

By Brian Ellsworth and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Congress on Thursday heard emotional testimony from citizens accusing President Nicolas Maduro of violating their rights, in a political trial meant to pressure the socialist leader into accepting a recall vote. Taking the podium one by one, speakers accused Maduro of responsibility for executions during police raids, the death of children in ill-equipped hospitals and denial of subsidized food to those supporting a recall v
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