CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition launched a signature drive on Wednesday seeking a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro as sporadic looting and protests over the economic crisis were reported.
The Democratic Unity coalition gathered supporters in public spaces around the country to start collecting the 1 percent of voters' signatures, nearly 200,000, needed to trigger the next phase towards a possible recall referendum.
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