Venezuela opposition says petition to oust Maduro is validated

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Source: BBC

Venezuelan opposition leaders say they have validated enough signatures on a petition to move to the next stage in a process to remove President Nicolas Maduro in a recall referendum.

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have given fingerprints to authenticate signatures on the petition. Referendum co-ordinator Vicente Bello said the number of signatures had "clearly exceeded the minimum needed".

The process must now be validated by electoral officials. If that step is passed, a second petition must be signed by four million people before a recall referendum can be held.

The opposition blames Mr Maduro's socialist policies for rampant inflation and shortages of food and basic goods.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36628283

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1. Maduro phanbois blame the CIA in 3-2-1...

And Maduro calls the referendum "foreign imperialism" and declares it null and void.

Then he declares himself El Presidente for life.

Opposition figures are "disappeared."

Anti-Maduro rallies are broken up with tear gas and bullets.

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2. Naw. He'll just have his pet 'Supreme Court' declare it unconstitutional

for whatever reason and then just keep ruling by decree.