CNN: ‘Mother of All Protests’ Erupts in Venezuela Amid Economic Collapse

‘Just huge, huge protests there and this comes after years of a collapse of the economy, food, medicine shortage’

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POZZEBON: "Yes, Poppy. Thank you for having me. This is the main opposition march that we're seeing since the beginning of the year and the opposition here has tried of course as you've correctly said in the midst of an economic crisis that has completely collapsed the social texture of the country, has been trying to oust President Maduro for years, last year, through a recall referendum on his power. That move didn't go through because the Supreme Court blocked it and now they're trying to oust him by straight action by marching and trying to gather as much support as possible. So what you're seeing just behind me is one of the gathering places where opposition protesters are gathering together to try and march towards the presidential palace and towards the center of Caracas, but it is too early to see if the turnout will be good enough and if the momentum was reached towards the opposition and if Venezuela will try to enter a new cycle in the midst of the most dramatic economic crisis that this country has seen in recent history." 
HARLOW: "They're calling it the mother of all protests."

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