Thousands march against Venezuelan president
Protesters rally against sky-high inflation and shortages of food in Caracas, demanding President Nicolas Maduro resign.
Thousands of protesters have marched in the Venezuelan capital banging pots and pans over shortages of food and demanding an end to President Nicolas Maduro’s term in office.
Demonstrators poured on to the streets of Caracas on Saturday rallying against sky-high inflation and shortages of food and consumer goods.
Opponents say Venezuela’s economic crisis is a consequence of 15 years of socialist policies, begun by Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez, who ruled from 1999 to 2013 before his death from cancer.
“Maduro must step aside for Venezuela to be able to unite in a national reconstruction process,” opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, a deposed politician who was jailed after deadly riots last year said.
“The government needs to be changed urgently,” Machado argued, at what opposition activists called the “March of Empty Pots.”
“I am protesting because in my country there is nothing, no food, no nourishment, no medicine,” protester, Maria Carolina Nolia told the Associated Press news agency.
Maduro is facing a dismal 22-percent approval rating, and three quarters of the population oppose his government, recent polls show.
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