'You won't get rid of me!' Venezuela's Maduro tells foes


  • World
  • Friday, 11 Mar 2016

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro talks in front of the tomb of national hero Simon Bolivar during a ceremony at the National Pantheon in Caracas March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout via Reuters

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro insisted on Thursday his opponents would fail in a new push to oust him this year and end 17 years of socialist rule in the OPEC nation.

Having won control of the National Assembly in a vote at the end of 2015, the energized opposition alliance has launched a multi-pronged campaign to remove Maduro via street rallies, a recall referendum and a constitutional amendment.

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