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As Venezuela's Blackout Drags On, Protesters Fill The Streets Of Caracas

With some parts of Venezuela still experiencing power outages, opposition leader Juan Guaidó and President Nicolás Maduro held rival rallies in Caracas.
Protesters took to the streets Saturday with tensions rising between opposition leader Juan Guaidó and President Nicolás Maduro, as crisis-wracked Venezuela began to emerge from the chaos of an electricity blackout.

In the midst of one of the most extensive power outages in Venezuelan history, the country's opposition leader Juan Guaidรณ urged his supporters on Saturday to mobilize against the government of President Nicolรกs Maduro.

"Venezuela, let's go to the streets," Guaidรณ, who declared himself interim president in January with endorsements from dozens of countries, in response

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