Venezuela Opposition Protests Return With Slim Turnout
- Demonstrations pop up in locations scattered around country
- Government serves free alcohol at its counter-demonstrations
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Nationwide protests staged by Venezuela’s political opposition to demand a recall referendum on President Nicolas Maduro played out on a smaller scale in provincial cities across the country on Wednesday, with no single gathering point or principal march.
The opposition alliance -- known as MUD -- called for demonstrations outside each regional office of the national electoral council, or CNE, in the provincial capitals and a 10-minute protest in Caracas. Venezuela’s government responded by closing the CNE offices for the day and held its own rallies.