Venezuelans Take to the Streets With Maduro Under Pressure
- It’s the biggest opposition march since mid-2017 protests
- Maduro, Guaido expected to address supporters in Caracas
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Venezuelans took to the streets Wednesday in the biggest opposition rally in more than a year as critics of President Nicolas Maduro’s regime push for change on a symbolic day marking the end of a military dictatorship in the late 1950’s.
A reinvigorated opposition is rallying behind young opposition leader Juan Guaido. They invoke constitutional amendments that lay out a path to restore democratic order after Maduro began a new term widely deemed to be illegitimate due to fraudulent elections. Venezuela’s bonds surged on optimism that a regime change could eventually lead to a deal to restructure the country’s defaulted debt.