07-07-2016 21:22 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Venezuela state workers claim supporting Maduro recall costs them their jobs

By Diego Oré and Daniel Kai CARACAS (Reuters) - When Venezuelan customs worker Jose Antonio Arriaga signed a petition seeking a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro, he suspected it could cost him his job. Hundreds of public employees say they have been sacked in recent days for signing in favour of the recall against Maduro, according to interviews, a list tallied by a human rights organisation and local media reports. "Once I got to the office, a person from human resource
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